One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $1,175,774 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Sunday, Jan. 22 drawing.
The winning numbers were: 15, 17, 18, 34 and 41 and the XTRA number was: 02. The lucky retailer that sold the winning ticket is Town Deli, 1048 McBride Ave., Woodland Park in Passaic County.
Executive Director Carole Hedinger said, “We are thrilled that the winning jackpot ticket was sold at Town Deli. 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.”
Executive Director Carole Hedinger announced that there were 1,005,860 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, 155 ticketholders won $567 each and 20 others won $1,134 each with the addition of XTRA. Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 5,848 ticketholders won $16 and 742 others won $32 each with the addition of XTRA.
Lastly, 9,743 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.