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Share The Wealth: Lotto Tickets Sold In Central Jersey Split $679K Jackpot
Two lottery tickets sold in Monmouth County split a nearly $700,000 jackpot, officials said.
The Jersey Cash 5 tickets were in the drawing on Thursday, May 23, the New Jersey Lottery said in a news release. Each winner is worth $339,725 in the $679,450 jackpot.
The winning numbers were 16, 19, 21, 36, and 37. The XTRA number was 5.
One ticket was bought at NJ Wine Gallery on Route 35 in the Cliffwood section of Aberdeen. The other winner was purchased at Sam's Farm Market in Hazlet.
The stores will get bonus checks of $2,000 for selling the winning tickets.
Million-Dollar Ticket: Big Winner Sold At Central Jersey Convenience Store
A convenience store in Monmouth County sold a $1 million lottery ticket, officials said.
The Jersey Cash 5 ticket was purchased at Laurel Market on Laurel Avenue in Hazlet, the New Jersey Lottery said in a news release. The ticket matched five numbers in the drawing on Wednesday, May 15.
The winning numbers were 8, 14, 16, 22, and 25. The XTRA number was 3.
This is the second Jersey Cash 5 ticket in Monmouth County to match five numbers in three days. A ticket was sold in Tinton Falls in the drawing on Monday, May 13, splitting the $1,800,840 jackpot with another ticket purchased…
Pair Of Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Tickets Sold At Same South Jersey Store Win $202K
Two lucky tickets sold at the same Camden County store matched all five numbers drawn splitting the $201,948 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot drawing.
Each ticket from the Tuesday, May 14 drawing is worth $100,974.
The winning numbers were: 05, 06, 09, 27 and 28 and the XTRA number was: 04.
The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for each winning ticket sold.
Those tickets were both sold at One Stop Shoppe, 802 Turnersville Road in Pine Hill.
"While not common, coincidences like this can occur, particularly when the drawn numbers are all below 31 -- popular birthday, an…
South Jersey Veteran Claims $100K Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Prize
Craig Reynolds, a longtime lottery player, prefers to check his tickets periodically.
Recently, Reynolds pulled out his phone and was working his way through a stack of tickets that had been building up over the month, New Jersey Lottery officials said.
“I scanned the Jersey Cash 5 tickets one by one. Not a winner, not a winner, $2, not a winner, $100,000 jackpot, not a winner... wait what?” he said.
With excitement and uncertainty, Reynolds repeatedly scanned the jackpot-winning ticket expecting the message to change.
“I immediately called my wife to tell her that I think we w…
Burglar Validates $9,300 In Lotto Tickets Stolen From Convenience Store In NJ: Cops
A 41-year-old man has been arrested for stealing $9,300 worth of lottery tickets and then validating them, police in Somerset County said.
Joseph Holman, of Willingboro, broke the glass door of a convenience shop on Easton Avenue in Franklin Township sometime overnight Wednesday, March 13 and Thursday, March 14, and snatched the New Jersey Lottery tickets, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said.
Holman was later identified as a suspect, and it was discovered he'd validated the stolen tickets, McDonald said alongside Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Det…
Cost Of Victory: Taxes Could Rob NJ's Record Lottery Winner Of Hundreds Of Millions
The winner of the massive $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot will actually bring home much less money than that.
The New Jersey Lottery said the winning ticket in the Tuesday, Mar. 26 drawing was purchased at ShopRite Wine & Spirits on Route 66 in Neptune. No winner had come forward publicly as of Friday, Mar. 29, and state law allows large lottery jackpot winners to remain anonymous.
The winning numbers were 7, 11, 22, 29, and 38, and the MegaBall was 4.
The final prize from the $1,128,000 jackpot will heavily depend on whether the winner takes the cash option or annuity. The cash op…
