NORTH WILDWOOD, NJ – Those long and cold winter Wildwood Days just got better for one lucky North Wildwood resident on Monday. The lucky winner bought their ticket, matching fire of the five white balls drawn in Monday night’s Powerball lottery drawing.
The ticket was sold at Wawa on West Spruce Avenue in North Wildwood. That wasn’t the only winner in New Jersey on Monday, in addition, the New Jersey Lottery Commission reported one ticket matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball winning the $50,000 third-tier prize.
That ticket was purchased with Power Play, multiplying the prize to $100,000. The ticket was sold at Applegreen Edison in Woodbridge in Middlesex County.
The winning numbers for the Monday, February 28, drawing were: 07, 21, 39, 47, and 55. The Red Power Ball number was 19. The Power Play was 2X. 11,849 New Jersey players took home an estimated $63,279 in prizes ranging from $4 to $200. The Powerball jackpot rolled to $73,000,000 for the Wednesday, March 2, drawing.