TRENTON (December 11, 2025) – A New Jersey Lottery player in Essex County matched all five white balls, missing just the Power Ball, to win $1 million in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing. No player in the multi-state game won the jackpot, which is now $1 billion heading into Saturday’s drawing. The cash value of the prize is $461.3 million.

The winning numbers were 10, 16, 29, 33, and 69. The Power Ball was 22, and the multiplier was 03.

Krauser’s Food & Liquor, 1263-1267 Broad Street, Bloomfield, sold the winning ticket. Additionally, a Somerset player won $50,000 with a ticket purchased at Main Street Food & Liquor, 50 Main Street, South Bound Brook.

This current jackpot run began after two players in Missouri and Texas split the $1.8 billion jackpot on Sept. 6. Since then, 34 New Jersey Lottery players have won prizes of at least $50,000. Among those, one player won $2 million, four players won $1 million and three $100,000.

Record-high jackpots in the multi-state game have been frequent. Indeed, six of the game’s top 10 jackpots have been hit in the previous three years. The jackpot reached $1.8 billion earlier this year when players in Missouri and Texas split the top prize on Sept. 6.

The top 10 Powerball jackpots:

• $2.04 billion: Nov. 7, 2022, California;
• $1.8 billion: Sept. 6, 2025, Missouri, Texas;
• $1.765 billion: Oct. 11, 2023, California;
• $1.586 billion: Jan. 13, 2016, California, Florida, Tennessee;
• $1.09 billion: April 6, 2024, Oregon;
• $1.08 billion: July 19, 2023, California;
• $1 billion: current run;
• $824.4 million: Jan. 1, 2024 , Michigan;
• $768.4 million: March 27, 2019, Wisconsin;
• $758.7 million: Aug. 23, 2017, Massachusetts.

Meanwhile, the Double Play drawing’s numbers were 13, 15, 51, 67 and 68; the Double Play ball was 08. The Double Play is a separate drawing for players who opted in for the Double Play feature on their tickets. The top prize is $10 million. In New Jersey, nine players matched four white balls to each win $500, while five players matched three white balls and the Double Play ball to win $500 each.

More About the New Jersey Lottery

Since its inception in 1970, the Lottery has contributed nearly $34.7 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.