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Big Lottery Winner From Atlantic City On Saturday

Someone bought a winning $259,539 ticket at the Hometown Market on Artic Avenue

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Someone who bought a Cash 5 lottery ticket in Atlantic City is now $259,539 richer.

The winning five numbers were 11, 13, 15, 32 and 37 and the EXTRA number was 02. The ticket was purchased at Hometown Market, 3114 Artic Avenue.

“We are thrilled that the winningjackpot ticket was sold at Hometown Market," Acting Executive Director John M. White said. "The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning ticket. Overnight, they have become one more ‘lucky location’ for the very fortunate lotterywinner.”

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Lottery hopefuls purchased 341,866 tickets for the drawing. By adding XTRA, for an additional $1 per play, winners are able to multiply their non-jackpot prizes by the XTRA number drawn.

For correctly matching four of the five numbers drawn, 43 ticket holders won $602 each and 13
others won $1,204 each with the addition of XTRA.

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View all New Jersey Lottery game winning numbers and drawings for the Pick-3, Pick-4, Jersey Cash 5,
Pick-6, CASH4LIFE and 5 Card Cashgames on the Lottery website (www.NJLottery.com) or on the official
Lottery Facebook Page.

Evening draws, with the exception of CASH4LIFE and 5 Card Cash, can be seen
on WPIX-TV (PIX11) in New York and WPHL-TV (PHL17) in Philadelphia. Powerball and Mega Millions
drawings can be seen on WABC-TV or WTXF.

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