Garden State Players Win Over $15 Million in Prizes During Two-Week Span
Twenty-five lottery players in New Jersey won $10,000 or more across a two-week stretch. Total winnings topped $15 million. Big wins included a $12.3 million Pick-6 jackpot, a $1 million…
Twenty-five lottery players in New Jersey won $10,000 or more across a two-week stretch. Total winnings topped $15 million. Big wins included a $12.3 million Pick-6 jackpot, a $1 million Powerball prize, and one Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $634,313.
The state lottery shared its winners on Jan. 12 and Jan. 26. Between Jan. 12 and Jan. 18, fifteen tickets worth at least $10,000 were sold statewide. Ten more tickets hit that threshold from Jan. 19 through Jan. 25.
A ShopRite on Route 9 in Waretown sold the largest ticket. Someone bought the $12.3 million Pick-6 winner on Jan. 24. The store sits in Ocean County.
Three additional six-figure prizes came during the second week. A $1 million Powerball ticket was sold on Jan. 19 at Hari Mini Store on Thomas Boulevard in East Orange. Two players split a $756,544 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot on Jan. 23, each receiving $378,272. Those tickets were purchased at a 7-Eleven in Hackensack and Krauszer's in Highland Park.
Week one also brought a six-figure payout. Raritan Oil on E. Somerset Street in Raritan sold a $634,313 Jersey Cash 5 ticket on Jan. 16.
Other big wins included a $600,000 Crossword Xtreme ticket sold Jan. 23 at Milltown Convenience. Someone grabbed a $422,000 Quick Draw Progressive ticket on Jan. 22 at 48 Tobacco Store in Union City. A Powerball Double Play ticket worth $250,000 was sold on Jan. 19 at Hartford Market in Delran.
Scratch-off games produced most of the $10,000 prizes. Games such as $1,000,000 Spectacular, Win For Life!, and 200X Cash Blitz each had multiple winners during this period. A $100,000 Mega Millions ticket was sold on Jan. 16 at Jersey Pride Food Store in Old Bridge.
Winners came from fourteen counties statewide. Essex County had the most tickets with five. Middlesex County trailed with four. Burlington, Hudson, Monmouth, and Somerset counties each had three winners.
The $10,000 prizes spanned various game types. Scratch-off tickets accounted for eighteen of the twenty-five winners. Draw games produced the seven largest payouts.
