Was it you? ShopRite lottery player in New Jersey wins over $128,000
As the cost of food takes a bigger bite out of everyone's household budgets, one person no longer has to worry about the price of eggs and bacon.
Why?
They just won over $128,000 by buying a New Jersey Lottery ticket at a supermarket in the Garden State.
Even more interesting, this is not the first time this particular store has had a big lottery winner — in fact, it happened less than a year ago.
Latest Winner
Officials say one lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn for Jersey Cash 5 on Wednesday, February 21st.
For their efforts, that lucky person scored $128,147.
Winning Numbers
The winning numbers were 05, 10, 13, 17 and 22 and the XTRA number was 02.
Lucky Location
The winning ticket was sold at ShopRite of Sewell on Egg Harbor Road in Gloucester County.
For selling the winning ticket, the store will receive a $2,000 bonus.
New Jersey Lottery Executive Director James Carey said in a statement,
Congratulations to our very fortunate Jersey Cash 5 winner! We hope this incredible prize brings joy and happiness to the winner; we’re already looking forward to awarding another jackpot prize!
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