A LUCKY lottery player managed to turn their $30 purchase into $600,000.

In a miraculous turn, another Colossal Crossword lottery player, also in New Jersey, pulled the winning numbers after purchasing their ticket a day later.

The game happened last week, in which two players won $600,000 on back-to-back days.

One ticket was bought on December 16 at the Krauszer's on North Broadway in South Amboy in Middlesex County.

The other was purchased a day earlier at a 7-Eleven on South Summit Avenue in Hackensack in Bergen County.

The 7-Eleven player spoke of the immense shock they felt after realizing they had won the cash.

They said, according to the New Jersy Lottery: "That's all I play the Crossword.

"I probably sat and looked at it for like 20 minutes."

According to the New Jersey Lottery website, which is updated daily, there are two more $600,000 prizes that are yet to be claimed.

Currently, there are still seven opportunities to win the $2,000 out of the 36 total games.

Players can also take home one of the remaining 889 $500 prizes, if they have the right ticket.

There are also totals worth $250, $150, $100, $75 and $50, with over 1,000 prizes remaining in each of these games.

To win the big Mega Millions jackpot, a player must match all five numbers and the Mega ball.

No one matched all the numbers for the big jackpot, so it continues to grow.

"We know that many people will likely receive tickets to Friday's drawing as holiday gifts, and what a gift that would turn out to be if you ended up with a ticket worth a $1.15 billion jackpot," Johnston said.