$150K Lottery Ticket Sold In Passaic Co., Powerball Jackpot Hits $1.2 Billion

HEWITT, NJ — It's not a billion dollars, but it's a nice prize. A New Jersey Lottery ticket sold in Passaic County won $150,000 in Monday night's Powerball drawing.

Powerball players around the nation hoped to win the $999.3 million jackpot. But nobody matched all six numbers, which increased the prize to $1.2 billion for Wednesday night's drawing. Read more: Powerball Jackpot Up To $1.2 Billion, Doubling NJ's Lottery Record

JackPocket (355 Warwick Tpke., Hewitt) sold a ticket that generated $150,000 by matching four of the five white balls with the ticket purchased with Power Play. The winning Powerball numbers were 13, 19, 36, 39, 59 and then a red power ball of 13.

Wednesday's drawing is at 10:59 p.m.

If someone wins Wednesday's jackpot, they could receive the $1.2 billion through an annuity paid over 29 years. But most winners opt for cash, and the cash prize will total an estimated $596 billion for the next drawing.

Even the cash prize exceeds the largest lottery jackpot in New Jersey history, when a participant's ticket won a $533 million jackpot in 2018, according to lotto.com. The winner, Richard Wahl, took the cash option of $324 million before relocating to Florida. After federal and state taxes were removed, Wahl ended up with nearly $175 million.

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