One Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Wins $62,894 Jackpot in Essex County
TRENTON (March 2, 2020) – One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $62,894 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Saturday, Feb. 29, drawing. The winning numbers were: 07, 16, 21, 37 and 41 and the XTRA number was: 02. The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for the winning ticket sold. That ticket was sold at Popular Super Deli, 468 4th Ave., Newark in Essex County.
Executive Director James Carey announced that there were 215,576 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, 32 ticketholders won $545 each and 7 others won $1,090 each with the addition of XTRA. Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 1,155 ticketholders won $16 each and 242 others won $32 each with the addition of XTRA. Lastly 3,152 ticketholders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.

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