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Monmouth County Deli Just Sold A $2.4-Million Winning Lottery Ticket

It won the $2,439,721 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot, which the state Lottery said is a new record for the biggest Jersey Cash 5 amount ever won.

The Wilson Avenue deli in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown.
The Wilson Avenue deli in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown. (Google Earth)

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — The Wilson Avenue deli sold a lottery ticket that won the $2.4 million jackpot this week, the NJ State Lottery said Friday.

The ticket won in the drawing held Thursday, Oct. 3. The ticket matched all five of the winning numbers: 06, 10, 14, 18 and 29 and the XTRA number was: 05. The Bullseye number was 18.

The winning ticket was sold at Wilson Avenue Deli, 198 Wilson Avenue in Port Monmouth, said the state. It won the $2,439,721 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot, which the state Lottery said is a new record for the biggest Jersey Cash 5 amount ever won.

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Wilson Avenue Deli will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning ticket.

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