Two lucky tickets matched all five numbers drawn splitting the $163,174 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Tuesday, Sept. 18 drawing. Each ticket is worth $81,587.
The winning numbers were: 20, 26, 30, 38 and 40 and the XTRA number was: 03. Those tickets were sold at the following locations:
Bergen County: Rocklins Stationers, 458 Cedar Lane, Teaneck; and
Morris County: Village Deli & Convenience Store, 109 Route 46 E., Parsippany.
Acting Executive Director James Carey said, “We are thrilled that the winning jackpot tickets were sold at Rocklins Stationers and Village Deli & Convenience Store. The retailers will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for each winning ticket sold. Overnight, they have become two more ‘lucky locations’ for the very fortunate lottery winners.”
Carey announced that there were 291,051 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, 55 ticketholders won $455 each and 8 others won $1,365 each with the addition of XTRA.
Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 1,540 ticketholders won $17 each and 265 others won $51 each with the addition of XTRA.
Lastly 3,506 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.