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Cash 5 Ticket Worth $353,354 Sold In South Orange
The jackpot ticket in Essex County was sold at 7-Eleven, officials said.
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - The 7-Eleven located at 60 Valley Street in South Orange sold a Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $353,354, according to officials.
The winning ticket from the Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Tuesday drawing has the numbers: 12, 13, 17, 23 and 29 and the XTRA number was: 04.
“We are thrilled that the winning jackpot ticket was sold at 7-Eleven #36429," Acting Executive Director James Carey said. "The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning ticket. Overnight, they have become one more ‘lucky location’ for the very fortunate lottery winner.”
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Carey announced that there were 416,286 tickets purchased for the drawing. By adding XTRA, for an additional $1 per play, winners are able to multiply their non-jackpot prizes by the XTRA number drawn. For correctly matching four of the five numbers drawn, 110 ticket holders won $331 each and 14 others won $1,324 each with the addition of XTRA. Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 3,085 ticketholders won $12 each and 501 others won $48 each with the addition of XTRA.
Lastly 6,184 ticket holders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.
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For more information, visit www.NJLottery.com.
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