5-Way Split: Passaic County Store Sells Winning Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Ticket

PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. — The good news? You won the lottery. The bad news? So did four other people.

New Jersey Lottery officials announced that five tickets split the $1,459,985 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot for the Thursday, drawing. Each ticket is worth $291,997, officials said.

Winning tickets were sold at the following locations:

• Passaic County: Bonita MiniMarket II, 955 Main Ave., Passaic
• Essex County: Wine & Spirit Liquor Warehouse, 71-85 First St., Newark
• Mercer County: Quick Chek #47, 129 Route 31 No., Pennington
• Morris County: Quick Chek #58, 480 Bevewyck Rd., Lake Hiawatha (two tickets sold at same location)

The four winning tickets sold for Thursday’s drawing matched all five numbers drawn, lottery officials said.

The winning numbers were: 04, 13, 17, 32 and 43 and the XTRA number was: 03.

The retailers will each receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning tickets. Lottery officials stated that there were 1,272,530 tickets purchased for the Dec. 22 drawing.

Reporting by Eric Kiefer

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