$279K Lottery Ticket Sold In Mercer County

Check your pockets. One shopper at a Mercer County store is $279,000 richer. One ticket sold at Rea Grocery, 319 West Hanover Street in Trenton for the Jersey Cash 5 jackpot on Saturday, March 24, matched all five numbers drawn, New Jersey Lottery officials announced.

The winning numbers were: 04, 09, 16, 37 and 38 and the XTRA number was: 03. The winning jackpot was $279,513.

“We are thrilled that the winning jackpot ticket was sold at Rea Grocery,” Acting Executive Director John M. White said. “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.”

There were 380,279 tickets purchased for the drawing, White said. By adding XTRA, for an additional $1 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, 61 ticket holders won $521 each and 11 others won $1,563 each with the addition of XTRA. For correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 2,294 ticket holders won $15 each and 367 others won $45 each with the addition of XTRA. Lastly 4,549 ticket holders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.

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