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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…
