One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $69,369 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Monday, Dec. 17th drawing.
The winning numbers were: 02, 05, 10, 17 and 23 and the XTRA number was: 03. The lucky retailer that sold the winning ticket is Pioneer Supermarket, 71 Mt. Vernon Place., Newark in Essex County.
Acting Executive Director James Carey said, “We are thrilled that the winning jackpot ticket was sold at Pioneer Supermarket. 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 237,770 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, 80 ticketholders won $252 each and 13 others won $756 each with the addition of XTRA.
Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 2,186 ticketholders won $9 each and 449 others won $27 each with the addition of XTRA.
Lastly 4,411 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.