One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $357,912 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Wednesday, Feb. 20th drawing.
The winning numbers were: 07, 13, 15, 18 and 21 and the XTRA number was: 02. The lucky retailer that sold the winning ticket is Krauszer’s, 525 Avenel St., Avenel in Middlesex County.
Acting Executive Director James Carey said, “We are thrilled that the winning jackpot ticket was sold at Krauszer’s. 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 389,322 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, 98 ticketholders won $343 each and 14 others won $686 each with the addition of XTRA.
Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 3,090 ticketholders won $11 each and 574 others won $22 each with the addition of XTRA. Lastly 5,697 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.