TRENTON (December 18, 2025) – A New Jersey Lottery player in Morris County drew a winning Merry Money ticket Wednesday, December 17, that was good for $163,021, or 50% of the New Jersey Lottery’s Fast Play Progressive jackpot.

Parsippany Shell, 25 Route 46 East, Parsippany sold the winning $5 ticket.

The jackpot is now an estimated $175,315.

Fast Play Progressive tickets are sold at any Lottery retailer and offer a fast way for players to see if they are a winner. For information on the Fast Play Progressive games and jackpots, visit our website.

Every Fast Play Progressive game contributes to one Progressive Jackpot. The Fast Play Progressive price point played determines the portion of the jackpot:

• $30 Fast Play Progressive tickets win 100% of the jackpot;
• $20 Fast Play Progressive tickets win 100% of the jackpot;
• $10 Fast Play Progressive tickets win 100% of the jackpot;
• $5 Fast Play Progressive tickets win 50% of the jackpot;
• $2 Fast Play Progressive tickets win 20% of the jackpot;
• $1 Fast Play Progressive tickets win 10% of the jackpot.

More About the New Jersey Lottery

Since its inception in 1970, the Lottery has contributed nearly $34.7 billion to the Garden State, helping to support many worthwhile programs and services. Lottery profits currently help bolster the public employee pension system under a 30-year agreement signed into law in 2017.