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11 Tickets Won Big Powerball Prizes In NJ: See Where

If you were hoping for a Christmas bonus from the Powerball drawing, check your tickets.

If you were hoping for a little something extra in your stocking from the Powerball drawing on Christmas Eve, check your tickets, because 11 sold in New Jersey are worth at least $50,000, New Jersey Lottery officials said.

The second-highest Powerball jackpot in the game's history — $1.817 billion — was won by a single ticket purchased in Arkansas that matched all five white balls and the Power Ball. The cash value of the jackpot was $834.9 million.

The winning numbers were 04, 25, 31, 52, and 59. The Power Ball was 19, and the multiplier was 02.

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Of the 11 New Jersey winners, one ticket won $100,000 and 10 won $50,000.

Lottery officials said eight players matched four white balls and the Power Ball to each win $50,000, and one had the four white balls, the Powerball and the multiplier to win $100,000.

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Two New Jersey players won $50,000 each through the Double Play drawing. The Double Play numbers were 03, 15, 19, 29 and 35; the Double Play ball was 21, and they each matched four white balls and the Double Play ball.

The New Jersey winning tickets were sold at the following locations:

$100,000

  • Wawa, 320 S. Whitehorse Pike, Audubon

$50,000

  • Mi Tienda Carniceria, 88 S. Washington Ave., Bergenfield
  • Quick Chek, 250 Ridgedale Ave., Cedar Knolls
  • Main Street Food, 50 Main St., South Bound Brook
  • Cigar At Cibao, 295 State St., Perth Amboy
  • News Corner, 400 Commons Way, Bridgewater
  • Wawa, 1413 Route 36, Hazlet
  • Walmart, 525 Route 72 West, Manahawkin
  • 7-Eleven, 75 Leonardville Road, Belford
  • Totowa Food Store, 539 Union Blvd., Totowa
  • Union Liquors, 710 Summit Ave., Union City

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