By: Najla Alexander
NJ Lottery officials announced that a Bergen County player matched five numbers Saturday, just missing out on the Cash Ball, to secure the cash option of $1 million for the Cash 4 Life’s $1,000 a week for life prize.
The winning numbers were 10, 16, 24, 45, and 48, and the Cash Ball was 04, lottery officials said.
According to NJ Lottery officials, the winning ticket was purchased at, appropriately, Leprechaun News, 6 Park Avenue, Rutherford.
The retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the prize, lottery officials stated.
NJ Lottery officials said the game has seen some big wins in New Jersey this year, as two New Jersey players won big in May. A player in Union County won the top prize on May 14, selecting the $7 million cash value; and a Middlesex player won the $1 million cash prize on May 14.
Cash 4 Life offers two jackpot prizes for the $2 ticket price. The top prize is $1,000 a day for life, with a current cash value of $7 million, and the second prize is $1,000 a week for life, with a cash value of $1 million, NJ Lottery officials stated. In addition to the “for Life” prizes, the CASH4LIFE game offers seven other prize levels with prizes of: $2,500, $500, $100, $25, $10, $4, and $2.
The DOUBLER add-on feature doubles the $2,500 third-tier prize to $5,000 when added to a game play for an additional $1 per play, lottery officials say. It also doubles all of the other tier prizes.
The $1,000 a day for life and $1,000 a week for life prizes are not doubled, lottery officials said. 
Cash 4 Life tickets are available in Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. Players select five numbers from a field of one through 60, and then select a “Cash Ball” from a field of one through four. Drawings are held every day at about 9 p.m.