TRENTON (October 18, 2025) – A New Jersey Lottery player in Hudson County matched all five numbers Friday night to win the $1,615,930 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot.

The winning numbers were 01, 16, 25, 43, and 45. The Bullseye was 16 and the XTRA was 04. National Food Store, 75 Bleecker Street, Jersey City, sold the winning ticket. Friday’s jackpot is the game’s 53rd won this year and the 11th to exceed $1 million.

In addition to the jackpot, 42 players matched four out of five balls to win $500 each. Among those winners, five also hit the XTRA to see their prizes each grow to $1,500.

While jackpots exceeding $1 million often occur, top prizes above $2 million are rare, including the record hit earlier in October:

• $3,800,000 (split): Camden and Monmouth, Oct. 7, 2025;
• $2,439,721: Monmouth, October 3, 2024;
• $2,407,447 (split): Burlington and Essex, February 19, 2024:,
• $2,089,322 (split): Mercer and Hudson, May 26, 2024,
• $2,033,234: Hudson, January 23, 2021.

A Second Chance

Jersey Cash Five players who are VIP Club members are eligible to enter the “Another Millionaire” second-chance drawing promotion through November 1.

Lottery players who purchase a Jersey Cash 5 ticket with the XTRA add-on earn one eligible entry per play through Nov. 1.

Players must enter their tickets through the second-chance drawing portal online: https://www.njlottery.com/en-us/secondchance.html.

Over four weeks, five winners are randomly selected each week. Winners will receive $500 and two suite-level tickets to the grand prize event, a football game Nov. 30 between the New York Jets and the Atlanta Falcons at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. During halftime, a drawing will be held to select one $1 million dollar winner from the 20 total entrants. The three remaining draw dates are:

• October 21, 2025
• October 28, 2025
• November 4, 2025

For more information: visit https://www.njlottery.com/en-us/secondchance/collectnwin/another-millionaire.html