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Another NJ Million-Dollar Winner As Powerball Jackpot Hits $620M

UPDATE: Winning location announced: New Jersey has a big winning ticket, again, as the Powerball jackpot hits $620 million.

New Jersey had a big winner – again – Saturday as the Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $620 million, or $354.3 million cash.

The news comes as the state announced the location of a $1 million winning ticket in the Mega Millions drawing, which has hit a record $1.6 billion. Read more: Million-Dollar Winner In NJ As Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $1.6B

In the Powerball drawing, New Jersey had a $1 million ticket winner as the jackpot will be up for grabs on Wednesday, Oct. 24, according to lottery officials. The jackpot comes after no ticket matched all the Powerball numbers drawn Saturday night – 16, 54, 57, 62, 69, Powerball: 23, Power Play: 2

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The $1 million winning ticket was sold at Stop & Shop, 400 Lacey Rd., in Manchester. Read more: $1M-Winning Powerball Ticket Sold In Ocean County

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The next-tier winning tickets worth $2 million were sold in Florida and Tennessee, and $1 million winning tickets were sold in Arizona, Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey and Washington.

View all New Jersey Lottery game winning numbers and drawings for the Pick-3, Pick-4, Jersey Cash 5, Pick-6, CASH4LIFE and 5 Card Cash games on the Lottery website (www.NJLottery.com) or on the official Lottery Facebook Page.

Evening draws, with the exception of CASH4LIFE and 5 Card Cash, can be seen on WPIX-TV (PIX11) in New York and WPHL-TV (PHL17) in Philadelphia. Powerball and Mega Millions drawings can be seen on WABC-TV or WTXF stations.

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