One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $100,000 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Saturday, August 25th drawing.
The winning numbers were: 02, 12, 17, 26 and 34 and the XTRA number was: 03. The lucky retailer that sold the winning ticket is O’Abbey’s Corner Grill & Pub LLC, 60 Fisk St., Jersey City in Hudson County.
Acting Executive Director James Carey said, “We are thrilled that the winning jackpot ticket was sold at O’Abbey’s Corner Grill & Pub LLC. The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning ticket. Overnight, they have become one more ‘lucky location’ for the very fortunate lottery winner.”
Carey announced that there were 262,353 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, 46 ticketholders won $507 each and 5 others won $1,521 each with the addition of XTRA. Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 1,745 ticketholders won $13 each and 327 others won $39 each with the addition of XTRA.
Lastly 3,787 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.