TRENTON (Dec. 31, 2018) – One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $778,548 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Saturday, Dec. 29th drawing. The winning numbers were: 21, 25, 28, 31 and 33 and the XTRA number was: 04. The lucky retailer that sold the winning ticket is Dave’s Variety, 1350 Clifton Ave., Clifton in Passaic County.

Acting Executive Director James Carey said, “We are thrilled that the winning jackpot ticket was sold at Dave’s Variety. 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.”

Carey announced that there were 675,673 tickets purchased for the drawing. By adding XTRA, for an additional $1.00 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, 105 ticketholders won $560 each and 14 others won $2,240 each with the addition of XTRA. Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 4,307 ticketholders won $14 each and 664 others won $56 each with the addition of XTRA. Lastly 8,066 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. 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 or WTXF stations.