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Union County Ticket Splits $449K Winning Lottery Jackpot
Two lucky players matched all five balls in Tuesday's Jersey Cash 5 drawing, splitting the $449,453 jackpot.
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Two players, including one in Union County, matched all five balls in Tuesday’s Jersey Cash 5 drawing, splitting the $449,453 jackpot.
One ticket was sold via the Jackpocket app. The other was sold at Quick Chek, 475 Terrill Rd., Plainfield in Union County.
Each ticket is worth $224,728.
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The winning numbers were 01, 15, 17, 29 and 30. The Bullseye was 30 and the XTRA was 03.
Quick Chek will receive a $2,000 bonus for selling a winning ticket.
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In addition to the jackpot, 30 players matched four out of five balls and the Bullseye to win $500 each. Among those players, nine multiplied the prize to $1,500 by playing the XTRA.
The jackpot was reset to $150,000 ahead of Wednesday’s drawing.
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