Bayville Man Who Won $742,000 Lottery Ticket Identified - Sort Of

BAYVILLE, NJ - Just like he did nearly every day, a man identified only as "Henry F." walked in the Ocean Gate Market on June 29 and plunked down some money to play the Jersey Cash 5.

"He never could have known that this day would be anything but usual," said lottery spokepeson Judith Drucker.

Henry won $742,327 that day.

The Lottery Commission released his first name today and a picture of him holding an oversized check.

The day after he bought the tickets, Henry went to the store and checked for winners. Although the machine displayed that one of his tickets was a winner, it didn’t show the prize amount.

When Henry approached the counter, the store owner asked him if he had checked yesterday's tickets, since a winning $700,000 ticket had been sold at the store the day before,

Henry wasn't really sure if he had the winning ticket.

"I guess I wasn't the lucky guy," he said to the store owner.

But later that day, Henry and his wife confirmed that his ticket matched the Jersey Cash 5 numbers drawn and that he had won the jackpot, Drucker said.

Photo: Courtesy of New Jersey Lottery Commission