Two winning tickets will split the $194,916 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Friday, May 8 drawing. Each ticket is worth $97,458. Those tickets were sold in:
- Cumberland County: Rite Aid #116, 907 N. High St., Millville and
- Essex County: Pathmark #186, 281 Ferry St., Newark.
Executive Director Hedinger said the winning tickets were the only two sold for Friday’s drawing that matched all five numbers drawn. The winning numbers were: 08, 14, 17, 22 and 26. “We are thrilled that the winning jackpot tickets were sold at Rite Aid #116 and Pathmark #186,” said Hedinger.
“For selling these tickets, the retailers will each receive a bonus check for $2,000 for the winning tickets sold. Overnight,they have become two more ‘lucky locations’ for the
very fortunate lottery winners.”
Hedinger also noted that 3,619 other players won $80,405 in cash prizes in the Friday drawing.
For correctly picking four numbers,103 players won cash prizes of $371 each, and for correctly matching three numbers, 3,516 players won $12.00 each.