Two winning tickets will split the $271,658 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Sunday, August 14 drawing.
Each ticket is worth $135,829. The lucky retailers that sold those winning tickets are:
Passaic County: Quick Stop, 261 Clifton Ave., Clifton
Warren County: ACME #1851, 152 Rt. 94, Blairstown
Executive Director Carole Hedinger said that the two winning tickets sold for Sunday’s drawing matched all five numbers drawn.
The winning numbers were: 16, 19, 25, 27 and 43.
“We are thrilled that the winning jackpot tickets were sold at Quick Stop & ACME #1851,” said Hedinger. “The retailers will each receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling these winning tickets. Overnight, they have become two more ‘lucky locations’ for the very fortunate lottery winners.”
Hedinger also noted that 2,557 other players won $71,922 in cash prizes in the Sunday drawing.
For correctly picking four numbers, 67 players won cash prizes of $516 each, and for correctly matching three numbers, 2,490 players won $15.00 each.