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One Lucky Person In Eatontown Has A Winning Lottery Ticket

The winning $66,247 ticket was sold at the Welsh Farms store on Broad Street.

EATONTOWN, NJ - One lucky ticket person in Eatontown is walking around with a winning $66,247 lottery ticket.

The winning numbers for the Cash 5 jackpot from the June 27 drawing were 02, 05, 12, 23 and34 and the XTRA number was: 02. The retailer who sold the winning ticket is Welsh Farms #9, 101 Broad Street.

“We are thrilled that the winning jackpot ticket was sold at Welsh Farms #9, Acting Executive Director John M. White said.

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Welsh Farms 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," White said.

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There were 227,068 tickets purchased 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, 41 ticketholders won $466 each and 7
others won $932 each with the addition of XTRA. For matching three of the five
numbers drawn, 1,615 ticketholders won $12 each and 316 others won $24 each with the addition of
XTRA.

You can see all New Jersey Lottery game winning numbers and drawings for the Pick-3, Pick-4, Jersey Cash 5,Pick-6, CASH4LIFE and 5 Card Cash games 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 stations.

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