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Winning Pick-6 Ticket Worth $5.9M Sold At NJ Gas Station
The prize is New Jersey Lottery's third-largest jackpot of 2025, officials said.
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A lottery ticket sold in Essex County matched all six balls to win Thursday night's $5.9 million Pick-6 jackpot. The prize is New Jersey Lottery’s third-largest jackpot of 2025.
Thursday's winning numbers were 20, 21, 30, 31, 42 and 44.
The winning ticket was purchased at Eisenhower Exxon, located at 550 Eagle Rock Ave. in Roseland, lottery officials said. The store will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
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The odds of a $2 ticket matching all six numbers in the Pick-6 game are 9,366,819 to 1. The highest Pick-6 jackpot of all time was $48.9 million, won in Passaic County’s Clifton in 2001.
Pick-6 has been responsible for three of the state’s top four Lottery jackpots in 2025, lottery officials said. The first was a $32 million jackpot for the Jan. 20 drawing. The second was a $5.5 million prize for the March 20 drawing.
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Following the win, Monday's jackpot will drop to $2 million with a cash option of $879,000.
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