One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $152,401 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Thursday, Dec. 13th drawing.
The winning numbers were: 05, 23, 24, 28 and 35 and the XTRA number was: 03. The lucky retailer that sold the winning ticket is Latino American Supermarket, 7624 Bergenline Ave., North Bergen in Hudson County.
Acting Executive Director James Carey said, “We are thrilled that the winning jackpot ticket was sold at Latino American Supermarket. 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 293,787 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, 56 ticketholders won $414 each and 14 others won $1,242 each with the addition of XTRA.
Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 1,803 ticketholders won $15 each and 329 others won $45 each with the addition of XTRA.
Lastly 4,340 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.