California Lottery ticketholder wins $699 million Powerball jackpot

TRENTON, NJ– One California Lottery ticketholder won the $699.8 million Powerball jackpot from the Monday, October 4, drawing. This was the fifth largest Powerball jackpot on record, and the first jackpot won in a Monday drawing. 

In addition, five New Jersey Lottery tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn winning the $50,000 third-tier prize. The winning tickets from Monday night’s drawing were sold at the following locations: 

  • Bergen County: Krauszer’s Food Store, 394 Ramapo Valley Rd., Oakland;
  • Essex County: Victoria’s Supermarket 1, 108 Broad St., Newark;
  • Morris County: Country Farm, 224 Washington St., Boonton;
  • Morris County: Quick Chek #162, 1435 Route 23 South, Butler; and,
  • Passaic County: Jackpocket, 355 Warwick Tpke., Hewitt. 

The winning numbers for the Monday, October 4, drawing were: 12, 22, 54, 66, and 69. The Red Power Ball number was 15. The Multiplier number was 02. 131,065 New Jersey players took home an estimated $642,215 in prizes ranging from $4 to $200. The Powerball jackpot resets to $20,000,000 for the next drawing to be held Wednesday, October 6, at 10:59 pm. 

Double Play Results 

The Double Play drawing is an additional drawing for players who opted-in to the Double Play feature on their tickets. The Double Play drawing results for the Monday, October 4, drawing were: 04, 13, 18, 61, and 63. The Double Play Ball number was 17. 

Kristen Harrison-Oneal
Kristen Oneal is a freelance reporter and stay-at-home mom with experience writing her local chamber of commerce's monthly newsletter. She covers Philadelphia news and occasionally dabbles in human interest stories for Shore News Network.

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