Nearly $1 Million Lottery-Winning Ticket Sold In Union County

One Union County ticket matched all five numbers for the Jersey Cash 5 game drawn on Monday, winning the $867,054 jackpot.

The ticket was purchased at Shoprite of Union, 2401 Route 22, in Union County.

Executive Director Carole Hedinger said the top prizewinning ticket was the only one sold for Monday’s drawing that matched all five numbers drawn. The winning numbers were: 11, 17, 27, 33 and 36.

“We are pleased that the winning jackpot ticket was sold at Shoprite of Union,” said Hedinger. “For selling this ticket, the retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000. Overnight, it has become one more ‘lucky location’ for the very fortunate lottery winner.”

Hedinger also noted that 6,044 other players won $158,818 in cash prizes in the Monday drawing. For correctly picking four numbers, 166 players won cash prizes of $461 each, and for correctly matching three numbers, 5,878 players won $14.00 each.

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