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Contact: Dominick DeMarco, Public Information Officer
Office: 609-599-5875
Fax: 609-599-5829
MIDDLESEX AND MERCER COUNTY WINNERS
SPLIT $77,466 JERSEY CASH 5 JACKPOT
TRENTON, NJ – (November 4, 2009) – The two owners of Jersey Cash 5 jackpot tickets that were sold in Middlesex and Mercer Counties have split the top prize of $77,466 for the Jersey Cash 5 drawing held on Monday, November 2. Each winning ticket is worth $38,733.
Acting Executive Director William T. Jourdain said the winning tickets were the only two sold for Monday's drawing that matched all five numbers drawn. The winning numbers were: 06, 09, 12, 19 and 24.
The Middlesex County ticket was purchased at Stop & Go, located at 88 West Kelly Street in Metuchen . The Mercer County ticket was sold at Win, Place & Smoke, located at 960 Spruce Street in Lawrenceville .
“We are thrilled that the winning jackpot tickets were sold at Stop & Go and Win, Place & Smoke , ” said Acting Executive Director Jourdain. “For selling these tickets, each of these businesses will receive a bonus check for $750. Overnight, these retailers have become two more ‘lucky locations' for some very fortunate winners.”
Jourdain also noted that 3,838 other players won $65,264 in cash prizes in the Monday drawing. For correctly picking four numbers, 146 players won cash prizes of $270.00 each, and for correctly matching three numbers, 3 ,692 players won $7.00 each.
Jersey Cash 5 is among the Lottery's more popular games with an average jackpot of $170,000. Sales from Jersey Cash 5 last year were just under $126 million.
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