TRENTON (Aug. 13, 2018) – New Jersey Lottery Acting Executive Director James Carey announced that a New York Lottery ticketholder won the $245.6 million Powerball jackpot from the Saturday, August 11 drawing. The winning numbers for Saturday night’s drawing were: 05, 43, 56, 62 and 68. The Red Power Ball was 24, and the Multiplier was 02. The Powerball jackpot resets to $40,000,000 for the next drawing to be held on Wednesday, August 15 at 10:59 pm.

In addition, there were 37,658 New Jersey players who took home an estimated $185,249 in prizes ranging from $4 to $200, according to Carey.

“Congratulations to all of the lottery players who purchased winning tickets and to the retailers that sold them,” said Carey. “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. 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.