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Powerball Ticket Sold In Edison Not A Billion, But Nice

A New Jersey Lottery ticket sold at the Quick Buy in Edison netted one lucky person $50,000.

TRENTON, NJ — No one won a billion in Wednesday's New Jersey Lottery drawing, but one ticket sold in Edison at the Quick Buy did get a nice bit of the big pot - $50,000.

One ticket in Camden County matched five of the five white balls drawn for the Wednesday, April 3, drawing winning the $1,000,000 second-tier prize. That ticket was sold at Atco Deli, 669 Jackson Rd., Atco in Camden County.

But eight tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn winning the $50,000 third-tier prize. One of those tickets was purchased with the Power Play Option, Multiplying the prize to $150,000. Those tickets were sold at the following locations, including two in Middlesex County:

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  • Monmouth County ($150,000): Speedy Mart, 1000 Main St., Bradley Beach;
  • Gloucester County ($50,000): Wawa #961, 1700 Center Square Rd., Logan Township;
  • Middlesex County ($50,000): Quick Buy, 1950 Route 27, Edison;
  • Middlesex County ($50,000): Wawa #8366, 3222 Rt. 27, Kendall Park;
  • Morris County ($50,000): Lukoil, 1039 Valley Rd., Stirling;
  • Ocean County ($50,000): Hometown Market, 2225 Bridge Ave., Point Pleasant Boro;
  • Passaic County ($50,000): Jackpocket, 355 Warwick Turnpike, Hewitt; and,
  • Somerset County ($50,000): Food Market, 490 State Route 28, Bridgewater;

The winning numbers for the Wednesday, April 3, drawing were: 11, 38, 41, 62 and 65. The Red Power Ball number was 15. The Power Play was 3X. 138,165.

New Jersey players took home an estimated $781,371 in prizes ranging from $4 to $300.

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The Powerball jackpot rolls to $1.23 billion for the Saturday, April 6, drawing.

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