Union County Lottery Ticket Splits $340K Jackpot

UNION COUNTY, NJ — A ticket sold in Union County was among two to split the $340,778 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Sunday drawing. Each ticket is worth $170,389.

The ticket was sold at the Parkway Exxon at 1601 Route 22 West in Union. The other ticket was sold at the Kings Super Market in Short Hills.

Both tickets matched all five numbers drawn which were: 05, 15, 19, 28 and 35 and the XTRA number was: 02.

The retailers will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for each winning ticket sold.

There were 351,851 tickets purchased for the drawing, according to Acting Executive Director James Carey.

For correctly matching four of the five numbers drawn, 68 ticketholders won $399 each and 19 others won $798 each with the addition of XTRA. Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 2,473 ticketholders won $12 each and 523 others won $24 each with the addition of XTRA. Lastly 5,528 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.

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