More than two dozen prizes topped $1 Million

TRENTON (July 8, 2025) – It was another lucrative quarter for New Jersey Lottery players.

In the period of April 1 through June 30, the Garden State saw 200 players win prizes of at least $10,000. For the year, 408 players have won prizes of $10,000 or greater.

Meanwhile, several millionaires were minted in the quarter. There were 13 players who won at least $1 million, bringing the year’s total to 26. That million-dollar pace is in step with last year’s total, which topped 50.

Through the first two quarters of 2025, winners of at least $10,000 represent all 21 of New Jersey’s counties. Bergen County has the most (51), just ahead of Middlesex (47). Camden (17) and Burlington (16) have the most among the South Jersey counties. Please see the map highlighting where the winners for the six months of 2025 are here.

All of the winning is equivalent of one winner of at least one $10,000 winner per every 23,000 New Jersey residents. New Jersey’s least populated counties, Salem (with three winners), Cape May (5) and Warren (9) all outperformed the statewide average of winners per residents.

Notable events in the quarter:

• The Mega Millions game relaunched with improved second-tier prize opportunities for higher non-jackpot prizes. On June 20, a Bergen County player became New Jersey’s biggest beneficiary of the rule changes, seeing a $1 million base prize grow to $4 million thanks to the multiplier that players now automatically receive. A Montvale 7-Eleven sold the ticket.
• The week of June 2 was quite lucrative. Among the 16 winners of at least $10,000, more than $10 million prizes were won in the week, including the top prize of the $5,000,000 Fortune Scratch-Off on June 8. That ticket was sold at was sold at a Hillside 7-Eleven in Union County. Other big Scratch-Off wins that week included a $2 million top prize in the Millionaire Maker, and a $1 million top prize in the $1,000,000 Spectacular. Additionally, a $1.5 million Jersey Cash 5 Jackpot was won June 7 in Sussex County at a Franklin Quick Check.
• Other big wins in the quarter included a Cash 4 Life top prize, valued at $7 million on May 14, with Union Township’s Quick Stop Deli selling the winning ticket in Union County; and a Pick-6 Jackpot of $5.9 million on May 22, with Roseland’s Eisenhowever Exxon in Essex County selling the winning ticket.
• Twenty five players won Jersey Cash 5 jackpots in the quarter, bringing the first six months’ total to 41. Of the Cash 5 jackpots this year, four have been shared jackpots.

More About the New Jersey Lottery

Since its inception in 1970, the Lottery has contributed nearly $33.7 billion to the 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.