TRENTON (Dec. 13, 2019) – One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $64,956 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Thursday, Dec. 12, drawing. The winning numbers were: 05, 16, 23, 40 and 42 and the XTRA number was: 05. The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for the winning ticket sold. That ticket was sold at Remax Health + Beauty, 117 Bloomfield Ave., Bloomfield in Essex County.

Acting Executive Director James Carey announced that there were 222,644 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, 30 ticketholders won $578 each and eight others won $2,890 each with the addition of XTRA. Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 1,095 ticketholders won $18 each and 248 others won $90 each with the addition of XTRA. Lastly 3,152 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.