Winning a jackpot or a large prize from playing the lottery is undoubtedly exciting. However, in some cases, more than one player can be lucky enough and depending on the lottery game, the prize may be split. Generally speaking, scratch-off ticket games usually can have a single winner per prize but with draw-based games, more than one player can win a jackpot.
This is precisely the case for the New Jersey Lottery’s popular game, Jersey Cash 5 which saw two fortunate players win the jackpot from a recent drawing. The lucky lottery players, one from Hudson and one from Passaic County matched all winning numbers drawn on Thursday evening’s drawing.
The drawing’s winning numbers included 04, 11, 23, 27 and 40, while the XTRA number was 02. Matching all five numbers from the drawing would’ve awarded one player the jackpot which was $150,000 at the time. However, considering that two players were fortunate enough to hit the jackpot, each of them won $75,000, as confirmed by the New Jersey Lottery.
According to the Lottery, the fortunate player from Passaic County purchased their ticket from Smart Saving $.99 Cent & Up on 931 Main Ave. in Passaic. On the other hand, the Hudson County player bought their winning ticket at Mini Mart Deli & Grocery on 1015 New York Ave. in Union City.
The odds of matching five out of five numbers in Jersey Cash 5 are 1 in 1,221,759. The chances of winning a second-tier prize of $500 by matching four winning numbers together with Bullseye are 1 in 7,636. According to the New Jersey Lottery, matching four out of five winning numbers for a $250 prize has 1 in 30,544 chances.
New Jersey Player Scores $1M Mega Millions Win
Recently, three players won a second-tier prize from Mega Millions but nearly missed the jackpot. One player from New Jersey and one from Illinois won $1 million each from Friday’s Mega Millions drawing. Another lucky player won $415,000 in California by matching five winning numbers from the recent drawing.
Still, the grand prize survived untouched, and it is estimated to hit $331 million for the drawing scheduled on Tuesday. If a player is fortunate enough to win the jackpot in the next draw, they can also select a cash option which would be $156.2 million.
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