There were two New Jersey Lottery tickets sold that matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn for the Saturday, Dec. 31 drawing winning the $50,000 third-tier prize.
One of those tickets had been purchased with the Power Play Multiplier option making it worth $100,000.
The winning tickets from Saturday night’s drawing were sold at the following locations:
Somerset County: Express Food Mart, 2013 Route 27 Suite #2, Somerset ( $100,000); and
Essex County: Belleville News & Food, 111 Newark Ave., Belleville ($50,000).
The winning numbers for the Saturday, Dec. 31 drawing were: 01, 03, 28, 57 and 67. The Red Power Ball number was 09. The Multiplier number was 02.
The Powerball jackpot rolls to $80,000,000 for the next drawing to be held Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 10:59 pm.