One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $80,199 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Wednesday, August 22nd drawing.
The winning numbers were: 04, 11, 15, 24 and 43 and the XTRA number was: 03. The lucky retailer that sold the winning ticket is Power Gas, 205 Sanford St., East Orange in Essex County.
Acting Executive Director James Carey said, “We are thrilled that the winning jackpot ticket was sold at Power Gas. 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 274,892 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, 40 ticketholders won $565 each and 8 others won $1,695 each with the addition of XTRA. Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 1,731 ticketholders won $14 each and 311 others won $42 each with the addition of XTRA.
Lastly 3,928 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.