New Jersey Sells Two $50,000 Tickets in Wednesday’s Drawing

TRENTON (Jan. 5, 2018) – The Powerball Jackpot has ballooned to $550,000,000. “Buy a ticket and get in the game for a chance to win the $550,000,000 jackpot,” said John M. White, New Jersey Lottery acting executive director. “The Powerball jackpots are producing excitement among our New Jersey lottery players who want to seize the opportunity to 'strike it rich' in 2018. Importantly, we remind everyone to play responsibly…it only takes one ticket to get in the game,” White continued.

In the Wednesday, Jan. 3 Powerball drawing, there were two New Jersey Lottery tickets sold that matched the 4 white balls and the Powerball drawn, winning the $50,000 third prize. If those tickets had been purchased with Power Play, it would have multiplied the prize to $150,000. The tickets were purchased at the following locations:

• Essex County: Woodside Deli Grocery, 311 Woodside Ave., Newark; and

• Hudson County: Acapulco Plaza Grocery & Deli, 618 Broadway, Bayonne.

The winning numbers for the Wednesday, Jan. 3 drawing were: 02, 18, 37, 39 and 42. The Red Power Ball number was 12. The Multiplier number was 03. The Powerball jackpot rolls to $550,000,000 for the next drawing to be held Saturday, Jan. 6 at 10:59 pm.

In addition to the third-tier prizewinning tickets sold, there were 152,476 New Jersey players who took home an estimated $776,271 in prizes ranging from $4 to $300, according to Lottery Acting Executive Director John M. White.

“Congratulations to all of the lottery players who purchased winning tickets and to the retailers that sold them,” said White. “I’d like to remind players to purchase their Powerball tickets with a winning attitude and add Power Play to the ticket purchase. Power Play doubles the second prize from one million dollars to two million dollars and multiplies all of the seven lower prize sets available in the game by the number drawn that evening. The jackpot prize is not multiplied.”

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 or WTXF stations.