17 Players Win Over $1.2 Million in New Jersey Lottery Games During One Week

Seventeen people across New Jersey scored big. They won $10,000 or more in one week. Powerball, Mega Millions, and state games paid out between Nov. 3 and Nov. 9. The…

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Seventeen people across New Jersey scored big. They won $10,000 or more in one week. Powerball, Mega Millions, and state games paid out between Nov. 3 and Nov. 9. The total? More than $1.2 million in prizes.

The state lottery agency released the names on Nov. 10. One ticket stood out. A $1,000,000 Spectacular scratch-off brought home $1 million. Fine Fare Supermarket on Third Avenue in Long Branch sold that winning ticket.

Jersey Cash 5 hit big at Stop & Shop on Elm Street in Westfield. That ticket claimed $664,971 on Nov. 7. Two jackpot winners split the pot that weekend.

Three Powerball tickets each grabbed $50,000. ShopRite on Route 9 in Freehold sold one on Nov. 3. Another came from 7-Eleven on S Broad Street in Trenton that same day. The third? Speedway on Central Avenue in Orange sold it on Nov. 8.

A Winter Ice scratch-off worth $500,000 came from EZ Pick on Smith Street in Perth Amboy on Nov. 9. One Hope Mini Mart on Griffith Street in Jersey City sold a Fast Play Progressive ticket on Nov. 8. It paid $296,935.

Additional wins kept rolling in. Sunoco on Route 9 in Waretown sold a Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $160,000 on Nov. 9. Welsh Farm on Inman Avenue in Colonia moved an Emerald 5X scratch-off on Nov. 4. That one paid $155,000.

Two Jumbo Bucks tickets brought $50,000 each on Nov. 8. Robin's Convenience on River Avenue in Lakewood sold one. Krauszer's on Bloomfield Avenue in Bloomfield sold the other. Three Crossword scratch-offs each paid $25,000. Stores in Hazlet, Denville, and Dover sold those.

Acme on Highway 33 in Hamilton Square sold a Mega Millions ticket worth $20,000 on Nov. 4. Two $10,000 prizes went out as well. 7-Eleven in Bayville and Wawa in Pennsauken sold those tickets.

The winning stores spread across nine counties. Monmouth County had three locations. Mercer County and Essex County each had three as well.

J. MayhewWriter