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$150K Jackpot Winning Lottery Ticket Sold At Manahawkin Store
One lucky player hit the jackpot on the Jersey Cash 5 this week, winning them $150,000.
MANAHAWKIN, NJ — A lucky lottery player in Ocean County hit the Jersey Cash 5 jackpot and is now $150,000 richer, New Jersey Lottery announced.
The winning ticket was sold Wednesday at Bay Avenue Farm, 93 East Bay Ave., Manahawkin, officials said. The convenience store will receive a $2,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
It represents a winning streak for NJ Lottery players; it's the second consecutive day a jackpot-winning ticket was sold, and the third of the week.
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It also marks more lottery wins for Ocean County - two prizewinning scratch-offs were recently sold in Bayville and Ocean Gate.
The winning numbers were 05, 19, 20, 27 and 38. The XTRA was 02 and the Bullseye was 19. In addition to the jackpot, 19 players matched four out of five balls and the Bullseye to win $500 each, and four players matched four out of five balls, the Bullseye and the Xtra to also win $500 each.
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The winning jackpot is the game’s 27th of the year.
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