$1M Winning Lottery Sold In South Brunswick

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — An Exxon in Monmouth Junction, South Brunswick sold one of three $1 million winners in Wednesday's Powerball Jackpot, the New Jersey Lottery announced Thursday morning.

The Exxon, 4150 Route 1 North & Stouts Ln., Monmouth Junction sold one of the three $1 million tickets for Wednesday night’s draw.

The other two tickets were sold at a 7-Eleven in Haddonfield, Camden County and at a Wawa in Woodbury Heights, Gloucester County.

Someone in Maryland won the jackpot worth $731.1 million — among the biggest jackpots in all US lottery history, game officials said.

Additionally, six New Jersey Lottery tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn winning the $50,000 third-tier prize. One of those tickets were purchased in Middlesex County.

The Powerball game is played by matching all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball number. The odds of picking the correct Powerball grand prize numbers are one in 292,201,338. Powerball tickets cost $2 each, and are sold at thousands of Lottery retailers. Find out where you can buy your Powerball tickets here.

The Powerball resets to $20 million for Saturday night's drawing.

Additional reporting by Tom Davis.

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