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New Jersey Ticket Wins $221 Million Powerball Jackpot

New Jersey

By: Richard L. Smith 

A single Powerball ticket sold in New Jersey has won the $221 million jackpot for Monday night's lottery drawing.Puerto Rican

The winning ticket was the only one in the nation to match all five numbers plus the Powerball, earning an estimated cash option of $104.7 million.

Lottery officials said Monday's winning numbers were 3, 10, 33, 58, and 59. The Powerball number was 9, and the Power Play multiplier was 2x.

New Jersey Lottery officials are expected to announce the location where the winning ticket was purchased later this morning.

This jackpot had been increasing since May 6, when a ticket sold in Florida claimed a $214.9 million prize.

No second-prize tickets were sold nationwide in Monday's drawing, and no third-prize, $50,000 tickets were sold in New Jersey.

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