$1 Million Lottery Ticket Sold In NJ; Winning Location Announced

One ticket matched all five numbers drawn, winning the $1,112,555 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Wednesday drawing.

The winning numbers were 12, 13, 28, 31 and 40, and the XTRA number was 02.

The lucky retailer that sold the winning ticket is Gaby Mini Market, 223 17th Ave., Paterson, in Passaic County.

“We are thrilled that the winning jackpot ticket was sold at Gaby Mini Market," lottery Executive Director Carole Hedinger 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.”

Hedinger announced that there were 1,024,469 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, 158 ticketholders won $574 each, and 18 others won $1,148 each with the addition of XTRA. Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 6,449 ticketholders won $15, and 753 others won $30 each with the addition of XTRA.

Lastly, 9,836 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.

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. Midday and 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 stations.

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