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A New Jersey player today won a $3.4 million jackpot, the biggest single-player win in Jersey Cash 5 history. The lucky winner purchased their ticket for the draw game in a Trenton store.
Winner details
The player picked the numbers 09, 10, 23, 28, and 34. The extra ball, called The Bullseye, was 09, and the multiplier, called XTRA, was 03. The ticket was purchased at Quick Stop Food Market on Chamber Street in Trenton.
While the sinner has not been publicly identified, the Quick Stop Food Market at 881 Chamber St. in Trenton, which sold the winning ticket, will receive a $2,000 bonus from the state lottery.
February 21 was the last time the jackpot had been won, with a value of $764,968. It took the jackpot 17 rollovers to reach this new record.
If you are the winner, you should contact the New Jersey Lottery and remember that you have one year from the drawing date to claim your prize.
More record jackpots
However, the payout, which is $3,402,434, isn't Jersey Cash 5's highest jackpot ever.
On October 7, 2025, the jackpot climbed to $3.8 million. However, it was won by two players from Bellmar and Tinton Falls, and it was divided in half.
The third and fourth place jackpots are far behind these record highs, with two $2.4 million jackpots won in 2024.
Under a 2020 law, lottery winners can remain anonymous indefinitely, so these players are quietly enjoying their fortunes.
How Jersey Cash 5 works
Jersey Cash 5 is one of the New Jersey Lottery's core in-state draw games. The jackpot starts at $150,000, and players select five numbers from 1 through 45. If their numbers match the five drawn during the nightly drawing, they win the jackpot.
Tickets cost $2 per play and include an additional ball called The Bullseye, which functions like the red Powerball. The optional XTRA feature can be purchased for an additional $1, multiplying non-jackpot winnings by up to five times.
Drawings take place nightly at approximately 10:57 p.m., and jackpots grow when no ticket matches all five numbers.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 1,221,759, while the overall odds of winning any prize are 1 in 25.71.
Lower-tier prizes
The jackpot winner wasn't the only lucky Jersey Cash 5 player today.
Seventy-seven players in the state won $500 by matching four out of five balls and the Bullseye. Nineteen of those players won $1,500 by including the XTRA multiplier. Odds of winning the $500 prize are 1 in 7,636.
Other tickets can win between $5 and $250, which may amount to much more with a multiplier.
Where does the lottery go?
The New Jersey Lottery is a significant funding source for public programs. Since its creation in 1970, the lottery has generated billions of dollars for state initiatives.
Most proceeds are directed to New Jersey's public employee pension systems. The funding helps support retirement benefits for teachers, police officers, firefighters, and other public workers.
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