Winning Lottery Ticket Sold in Our Area – TAPinto.net

FLORHAM PARK, NJ – A Jersey Cash 5 Jackpot was scored in Florham Park!  Last night’s lottery drawing picked numbers that matched two tickets sold.  One of the lucky tickets was bought in Florham Park!  The total jackpot was $951,726 lending $475,863 each to the luck winner! The other ticket was sold in Middlesex county.

The full news release is listed below:
 
Two lucky tickets matched all five numbers drawn splitting the $951,726 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Monday Feb. 24, drawing. Each ticket is worth $475,863. The winning numbers were: 13, 19, 20, 22 and 42 and the XTRA number was: 02. The retailers will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for each winning ticket sold. Those tickets were sold at the following locations: 
 

• Middlesex County: Deli Delight, 8-10 New St., Metuchen; and  • Morris County: Speedy Mart, 182 Ridgedale Ave., Florham Park. 
 
Executive Director James Carey announced that there were 914,733 tickets purchased for the drawing. By adding XTRA, for an additional $1.00 per play, winners are able to multiply their non-jackpot prizes by the XTRA number drawn. For correctly matching four of the five numbers drawn, 153 ticketholders won $496 each and 29 others won $992 each with the addition of XTRA. Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 5,489 ticketholders won $15 each and 886 others won $30 each with the addition of XTRA. Lastly 11,127 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.