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Nearly $1 Million Winning Lottery Ticket In Long Branch

One Monmouth County ticket matched all five numbers for the Jersey Cash 5 game drawn on Sunday, winning the $890,682 jackpot.

One Monmouth County ticket matched all five numbers for the Jersey Cash 5 game drawn on Sunday, winning the $890,682 jackpot.

The ticket was purchased at 7-Eleven, 554 Ocean Blvd., Long Branch in Monmouth County.

In a release, Executive Director Carole Hedinger said the top prize-winning ticket was the only one sold for Sunday’s drawing that matched all five numbers drawn. The winning numbers were: 19, 32, 33, 34 and 43.

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“We are pleased that the winning jackpot ticket was sold at 7-Eleven,” said Hedinger. “For selling this ticket, the retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000. Overnight, it has become one more ‘lucky location’ for the very fortunate lottery winner.”

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Hedinger also noted that 4,924 other players won $156,066 in cash prizes in the Sunday drawing. For correctly picking fournumbers, 121 players won cash prizes of $615 each, and for correctly matching three numbers, 4,803 players won $17.00 each.

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