TRENTON (Aug. 21, 2017) – There was one New Jersey Lottery ticket sold that matched the 5 white balls drawn to win the $1,000,000 second-prize for the Saturday, Aug. 19 drawing. If that ticket had been purchased with the Power Play Multiplier option, it would have doubled the prize to $2,000,000. The winning ticket was purchased in Passaic County at Old Forge Spirits & Pub, 139 Skyline Dr., Ringwood.

The winning numbers for the Saturday, Aug. 19 drawing were: 17, 19, 39, 43 and 68. The Red Power Ball number was 13. The Multiplier number was 04. The Powerball jackpot rolls to $650,000,000 for the next drawing to be held Wednesday, Aug. 23 at 10:59 pm.

In addition, six New Jersey Lottery tickets were sold that matched the 4 white balls and the Powerball drawn, winning the $50,000 third prize. If those tickets had been purchased with Power Play, it would have multiplied the prize to $200,000. The tickets were purchased at the following locations:

• Hudson County: AJ Seabra Supermarket, 180 Schuyler Ave., Kearny;
• Hudson County: Liquorama of Kearny, 386 Bellville Turnpike, Kearny;
• Hudson County: Shoprite of Bayonne #119, 583 Avenue C, Bayonne;
• Ocean County: Circle K #2523, 918 Radio Rd., Little Egg Harbor Twp.;
• Ocean County: Hometown Market Manahawkin, 857 Millcreek Rd. Plaza, Manahawkin; and
• Somerset County: Stop N Shop #809, 940 Easton Ave., Somerset.
  

In addition to the second and third-tier prizewinning tickets sold, there were 260,461 New Jersey players who took home an estimated $1,409,512 in prizes ranging from $4 to $400, according to Lottery Executive Director Carole Hedinger.

“Congratulations to all of the lottery players who purchased winning tickets and to the retailers that sold them,” said Hedinger. “I’d like to remind players to purchase their Powerball tickets with a winning attitude and add Power Play to the ticket purchase. Power Play doubles the second prize from one million dollars to two million dollars and multiplies all of the seven lower prize sets available in the game by the number drawn that evening. The jackpot prize is not multiplied.