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Ten New Jersey Lottery players won prizes of at least $10K as a South Amboy ticket claimed the week’s biggest prize

TRENTON, N.J. — A Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $439,345 led a string of big wins across New Jersey last week, with 10 players claiming lottery prizes of at least $10,000 in drawings and Scratch-Off games sold from Cape May to Hudson County.

The New Jersey Lottery announced that between June 15 and June 21, players across the state collected prizes ranging from $10,000 to $439,345.

The week’s biggest winner came in the June 15 Jersey Cash 5 drawing, when a ticket sold at Applegreen Cheesequake, located at Mile Post 124 on the Garden State Parkway in South Amboy, won a jackpot of $439,345.

The second-largest prize was a $250,000 winning $250,000 Crossword Scratch-Off ticket sold June 18 at Wawa #973, 421 Whitehorse Pike South in Lindenwold.

Other major winning tickets included:

A $50,000 Powerball ticket sold June 15 at ACME #890 in Cape May Court House.
A $20,000 Crossword ticket sold June 15 at Palm Grove Groceries in Union City.
A $25,000 Crossword Xtreme ticket sold June 18 at Seabra Foods XII in Newark.
A $30,000 Mega Millions ticket sold June 19 at Park Deli & Grill in Edison.
A $50,000 Powerball ticket sold June 20 at ShopRite of Hillsborough.
A $25,000 Crossword Xtreme ticket sold June 20 at Beverage Mart in Salem.
A $10,000 winning $1,000,000 Spectacular Scratch-Off ticket sold June 20 at ShopRite #613 in Matawan.
A $50,000 Super Crossword ticket sold June 21 at Valdez Supermarket in Plainfield.

Lottery officials also reminded players to check old tickets after noting that an unclaimed Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $342,777 is scheduled to expire on July 19. The ticket was purchased at Quick Chek #63 in Ringoes in Hunterdon County.

The New Jersey Lottery said players have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes before tickets expire.

Key Points

Ten New Jersey Lottery players won prizes of at least $10,000 last week.
A $439,345 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot sold in South Amboy was the week’s biggest prize.
A separate Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $342,777 remains unclaimed and is set to expire on July 19.

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