$50K-Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In Manchester

MANCHESTER, NJ — You may not have won the Powerball jackpot on Wednesday, but if you bought tickets in Manchester, you may be holding one worth $50,000.

New Jersey Lottery officials said there were nine tickets that matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball to win $50,000.

One was purchased at Plaza Liquors, 1023 Route 70 West, Manchester.

The winning numbers for the Wednesday, March 27 drawing were: 16, 20, 37, 44 and 62. The Red Power Ball number was 12. The Multiplier number was 03.

The $768.4 million Powerball jackpot was won by a ticket purchased in Wisconsin.

A $1 million-winning Powerball ticket was sold at the Frenchtown Market in Frenchtown, Hunterdon County.

The other eight locations where the third-tier $50,000 tickets were sold are:

• Union County: Wallis Stationary, 441 Park Ave., Scotch Plains (this ticket was worth $150,000 because it was purchased with the multiplier option)
• Atlantic County ($50,000): Mays Landing Lukoil, 6068 Harding Hwy., Mays Landing;
• Cumberland County ($50,000): Sunoco, Main St. & Fairton Pike, Fairton;
• Middlesex County ($50,000): Colonia Convenience, 498 Inman Ave., Colonia;
• Middlesex County ($50,000): 7-Eleven #33650, 290 George St., New Brunswick;
• Monmouth County ($50,000): Wine Utopia, 230 Shrewsbury Plaza Route 35, Shrewsbury;
• Morris County ($50,000): Garden State News, 43 Main St., Madison;
• Union County ($50,000): US-1 Discount Liquor, 771-773 Edgar Rd., Elizabeth.

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