$1M Powerball Ticket Sold In NJ As Jackpot HIts $1.9B

EDISON, NJ - One lucky lottery player in New Jersey scored a $1 million prize winning Powerball ticket as the jackpot soared to $1.9 billion this weekend, New Jersey Lottery officials said.

The winning ticket, sold at a Quick Stop (940 Inman Avenue) in Edison, matched five of the five white balls drawn for Saturday’s drawing, earning the second-tier prize.

16 other tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn winning the $50,000 third-tier prize this weekend, lottery officials said. One of those tickets was purchased with Power Play, multiplying the prize to $150,000. That ticket was sold at a Washington Township stationary store (299A Pascack Road) in Bergen County.

The other third-tier prizewinning tickets were sold at the following locations:

• Atlantic County: New International Supermarket, 4101 Ventnor Ave., Atlantic City;
• Bergen County: Liquor City, 494 Anderson Ave., Cliffside Park;
• Burlington County: Bob's Corner Deli, 488 Delaware Ave., Roebling;
• Essex County: SAI Convenience, 20 Franklin Ave., Nutley;
• Hudson County: Acme #1092, 321 State Route 440, Jersey City;
• Hudson County: Sterling Market, 157-159 Sterling Ave., Jersey City;
• Mercer County: Shoprite #566 of Hamilton Square, 1235 Route 33, Hamilton Square;
• Middlesex County: 7-Eleven #39020, 2090 Oak Tree Rd., Edison;
• Middlesex County: 7-Eleven #39718, 4000 Route 1 North, Monmouth Junction;
• Monmouth County: Wawa #934, 177 Route 34, Matawan;
• Morris County: Shoprite, 1153 Valley Rd., Stirling;
• Passaic County: Jackpocket, 355 Warwick Tpke., Hewitt;
• Union County: Riverside Supermarket, 1000 Sheridan Ave., Elizabeth; and,
• Warren County: Hope Country Liquors, 433 Hope Blairstown Rd., Hope.

The winning numbers for Saturday’s drawing were: 28, 45, 53, 56 and 69. The Red PowerBall number was 20, and the Power Play was 3X.

A total of 488,818 New Jersey players took home an estimated $2,610,495 in prizes ranging from $4 to $300 during Saturday’s game. The Powerball jackpot rolls to a record-setting $1.9 billion for Monday’s drawing, with a cash option of over $929 million.

If somebody from New Jersey wins, they’d more than double the largest jackpot in state history: $533 million in 2018. But New Jerseyans will compete against Powerball players in 44 other states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Nearly two million New Jersey players have already won prizes during this ongoing jackpot roll, including five tickets worth $1,000,000 and another two tickets worth $2,000,000, lottery officials said.

If you’re in a pool with your office or jackpot squad, the New Jersey Lottery recommends having rules in place before a drawing, including keeping an exact list of who is in each drawing. A full list of recommendations is available on the New Jersey Lottery website.

Ticket sales in New Jersey cut off at 9:59 p.m. on the nights of Powerball drawings: Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. You can find retailers selling lottery tickets in the Garden State on the Powerball website.