$750M Powerball Jackpot, 10th-Largest In History: Where To Buy Tickets In NJ

NEW JERSEY — The estimated $750 million jackpot in Monday’s Powerball drawing is fueling ticket sales in New Jersey among players hoping to win the 10th-largest grand prize in the history of the game.

Powerball vendors in New Jersey are found on the New Jersey Lottery website.

Tickets must be purchased by 9:59 p.m. on drawing nights to be considered in Monday’s drawing at 10:59 p.m. ET.

The top prize has a cash value of $338.6 million, Powerball said.

“The excitement of playing for a colossal Powerball jackpot is back!” Matt Strawn, Powerball Product Group chair and Iowa Lottery CEO, said in a news release.

“It only takes one $2 Powerball ticket to win Monday’s jackpot, and a portion of that sale will go directly to supporting programs and services that benefit local communities.”

The jackpot climbed again after no player matched the winning numbers Saturday: 11, 14, 34, 47, 51, with a Powerball of 18.

There were a couple of $1 million winners in New York and Maine who matched all five white balls. A third ticket sold in South Dakota also matched all five white balls, and because the ticket included the Power Play option for $1 more, it doubled the winnings to $2 million.

Additionally, Powerball reported that 31 tickets won $50,000 prizes and five tickets won $100,000 prizes in Saturday’s drawing.

Monday’s Powerball drawing will be the 37th drawing since the jackpot was last won in California on May 31.

Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. More than half of all proceeds from the sale of a Powerball ticket remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold. Since its first drawing in 1992, the Powerball game has helped generate more than $36 billion for good causes supported by U.S. lotteries.