One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $218,881 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Friday, August 10th drawing.
The winning numbers were: 04, 12, 18, 28 and 34 and the XTRA number was: 03.
The lucky retailer that sold the winning ticket is Valley Spa, 61 East Main St., Little Falls in Passaic County.
Acting Executive Director James Carey said, “We are thrilled that the winning jackpot ticket was sold at Valley Spa. The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning ticket. Overnight, they have become one more ‘lucky location’ for the very fortunate lottery winner.”
Carey announced that there were 398,794 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, 81 ticketholders won $423 each and 12 others won $1,269 each with the addition of XTRA. Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 2,587 ticketholders won $14 each and 473 others won $42 each with the addition of XTRA.
Lastly 5,567 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.