Two lucky tickets matched all five numbers drawn splitting the $174,746 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Friday, April 6 drawing. Each ticket is worth $87,373.
The winning numbers were: 01, 05, 28, 42 and 43 and the XTRA number was: 03. Those tickets were sold at the following locations:
Middlesex County: Cooke Avenue Food Mart, 24 Cooke Ave., Carteret; and
Ocean County: Jay’s Food Mart, 358 Herbertsville Rd., Brick.
Acting Executive Director John M. White said, “We are thrilled that the winning jackpot tickets were sold at Cooke Avenue Food Mart and Jay’s Food Mart. The retailers will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for each winning ticket sold. Overnight, they have become two more ‘lucky locations’ for the very fortunate lottery winners.”
White announced that there were 340,050 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, 35 ticketholders won $818 each and 6 others won $2,454 each with the addition of XTRA. Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 1,800 ticketholders won $17 each and 321 others won $51 each with the addition of XTRA.
Lastly 4,113 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.