Winning Lottery Ticket Sold in Monroe Township

MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ - A lottery ticket sold this week at a Monroe Township retailer matched all five numbers from the Wednesday, Feb. 1 drawing, winning the $285,761 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot.

The store that sold the winning ticket is the Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy at 337 Applegarth Road in Monroe Township in Middlesex County. The winner has not yet come forward to claim the ticket.

The winning numbers were: 21, 24, 28, 41 and 42 and the XTRA number was: 02.

The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning ticket, Lottery Executive Director Carole Hedinger said.

Earlier this week, a Woodbridge Township man won a $1 million prize from the state lottery.

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