Community Corner
Another NJ Million-Dollar Winner As Powerball Jackpot Hits $750M
UPDATE: Winning ticket location announced: New Jersey has a big winning ticket, again, as the Powerball jackpot hits $750 million.

New Jersey had a big winner once again Wednesday as the Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $750 million.
In the Powerball drawing, New Jersey had a $1 million ticket winner as the jackpot will be up for grabs on Saturday, Oct. 27, according to lottery officials. The jackpot comes after no ticket matched all the Powerball numbers drawn Wednesday night.
The winning numbers were 3 21 45 53 56 Powerball 22. The winning ticket location was Rite Aid #135, 217 Sunset Rd., Willingboro in Burlington County.
Find out what's happening in Point Pleasantfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
In addition to the second-tier prizewinning ticket sold, there were eight New Jersey Lottery tickets sold that matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn, winning the $50,000 third-tier prize
If those tickets had been purchased with the Power Play Multiplier option, they would have been worth $100,000. The winning tickets from Wednesday night’s drawing were sold at the following locations:
Find out what's happening in Point Pleasantfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Atlantic County: Shoprite of English Creek, 3003 English Creek Ave., Egg Harbor Twp.;
- Camden County: 7-Eleven #10924, 721 North Kings Highway, Cherry Hill;
- Camden County: Ashland Food Market, 10 Burnt Mill Rd., Cherry Hill;
- Camden County: Kresson News, 1225 Haddonfield Berlin Rd. #3, Voorhees;
- Essex County: Quick on the Way, 1 Bloomfield Avenue, North Caldwell;
- Mercer County: Acme #3919, Route 33 & Paxson Ave., Hamilton Square;
- Passaic County: Krauszer’s #281, 150 7th St., Clifton; and
- Union County: Dittrick’ Liquors, 2 North Ave., Garwood.
Other $1 million winning tickets were also sold in Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Oregon and Wisconsin.
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.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.