Three Jersey Cash 5 Tickets Split $258,111 Jackpot
Two Winning Tickets Sold in Hudson County and One Sold in Union County
TRENTON (Dec. 3, 2018) – Three lucky tickets matched all five numbers drawn splitting the $258,111 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Saturday, Dec. 1st drawing. Each ticket is worth $86,037. The winning numbers were: 06, 08, 12, 19 and 27 and the XTRA number was: 04. Those tickets were sold at the following locations:
- Hudson County: Little Market, 400 Newark St., Hoboken;
- Hudson County: Latino’s Liquor Store, 5115 Hudson Ave., West New York; and
- Union County: Acme #1782, 1060 Raritan Rd., Clark.
Acting Executive Director James Carey said, “We are thrilled that the winning jackpot tickets were sold at Little Market, Latino’s Liquor Store, and Acme #1782. The retailers will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for each winning ticket sold. Overnight, they have become three more ‘lucky locations’ for the very fortunate lottery winners.”
Carey announced that there were 342,947 tickets purchased for the drawing. By adding XTRA, for an additional $1.00 per play, winners are able to multiply their non-jackpot prizes by the XTRA number drawn. For correctly matching four of the five numbers drawn, 115 ticketholders won $224 each and 36 others won $896 each with the addition of XTRA. Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 3,088 ticketholders won $10 each and 560 others won $40 each with the addition of XTRA. Lastly 5,717 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.
View all New Jersey Lottery game winning numbers and drawings for the Pick-3, Pick-4, Jersey Cash 5, Pick-6, CASH4LIFE and 5 Card Cash games on the Lottery website (www.NJLottery.com) or on the official Lottery Facebook Page. Evening draws, with the exception of CASH4LIFE and 5 Card Cash, can be seen on WPIX-TV (PIX11) in New York and WPHL-TV (PHL17) in Philadelphia. Powerball and Mega Millions drawings can be seen on WABC-TV or WTXF stations.
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