Fairview store sells $1 million scratch-off winner as New Jersey Lottery players cash big across four counties
TRENTON, NJ – A Bergen County lottery player is celebrating a $1 million windfall after purchasing a top-prize ticket in the $1,000,000 Ultimate Spectacular Scratch-Off game, the New Jersey Lottery announced Tuesday.
The winning $30 ticket was sold August 29 at Anderson Mini Market, 95 Anderson Avenue in Fairview. Six of the nine $1 million top prizes remain in play.
It was not the only major prize of the week. On August 25, a Monmouth County player hit the first of three available $600,000 top prizes in the $30 Crossword Xtreme game. That ticket was purchased at 7-Eleven #11019, 50 Schank Road in Freehold.
Also on August 25, a Warren County player claimed the final $250,000 top prize in the $10 $250,000 Crossword game. The ticket was purchased at Oxford Spartan LLC, 149 Route 31 in Oxford. A new edition of the game has since been released with six new top prizes available.
Just days later on August 29, another $250,000 prize was won in Passaic County on the $20 Quarter Million Cash ticket — only one day after the game’s launch. The ticket was sold at Home Wine & Liquors, 593 Main Avenue in Passaic. The game still has eight of its nine top prizes remaining and 48 secondary prizes worth $5,000.
Since its creation in 1970, the New Jersey Lottery has contributed nearly $33.7 billion to the state. Under a 30-year agreement enacted in 2017, lottery profits help support the public employee pension system.
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Key Points
- A $1 million Ultimate Spectacular ticket was sold in Fairview on August 29
- A $600,000 Crossword Xtreme prize was won in Freehold, and a $250,000 Crossword prize in Oxford
- Passaic County produced a $250,000 Quarter Million Cash winner just one day after the game’s release