One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $380,993 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Tuesday, September 4th drawing.
The winning numbers were: 22, 23, 27, 33 and 40 and the XTRA number was: 04. The lucky retailer that sold the winning ticket is Union Food Stores, 357 Union Blvd., Totowa in Passaic County.
Acting Executive Director James Carey said, “We are thrilled that the winning jackpot ticket was sold at Union Food Stores. 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 431,962 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, 63 ticketholders won $560 each and 13 others won $2,240 each with the addition of XTRA. Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 2,530 ticketholders won $16 each and 423 others won $64 each with the addition of XTRA.
Lastly 5,237 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.