Carteret ShopRite Sells $50K-Winning Lottery Ticket

CARTERET, NJ — The Carteret ShopRite sold a lottery ticket this week that won the $50,000, third-place prize.

Two New Jersey Lottery tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn winning the $50,000 third-tier prize. Those tickets were sold at the following locations:

• Middlesex County: Shoprite, 801 Roosevelt Ave., Carteret
• Ocean County: Welsh Farms, 1765 Route 88, Brick.

The winning numbers for the Wednesday, August 3, drawing were: 09, 21, 56, 57, and 66. The Red Power Ball number was 11. The Power Play was 2X. 26,314 New Jersey players took home an estimated $138,184 in prizes ranging from $4 to $200. The Powerball jackpot resets to $20,000,000 for the next drawing to be held Saturday, August 6, at 10:59 pm.