Two Passaic County winning tickets split the Jersey Cash 5 $61,956 jackpot for the Tuesday, Sept. 2 drawing making each ticket worth $30,978. One Passaic County ticket was purchased at Jalaram News & Food, 16 Skyline Lake Dr., Ringwood and the other was purchased at Valley Liquors, 343 Hazel St., Clifton.
Executive Director Hedinger said the winning tickets were the only two sold for Tuesday’s drawing that matched all five numbers drawn. The winning numbers were: 01, 03, 09, 11, 21.
“We are thrilled that the winning jackpot tickets were sold at Jalaram News & Food and Valley Liquors,” said Hedinger. “For selling these tickets, each retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000.
Overnight, they have become two more ‘lucky locations’ for the very fortunate lottery winners.” Hedinger also noted that 3,538 other players won $51,900 in cash prizes in the Tuesday drawing. For correctly picking four numbers, 144 players won cash prizes of $219 each, and for correctly matching three numbers, 3,394 players won $6.00 each.
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