New jersey players score massive week of lottery wins
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New Jersey players score massive week of lottery wins

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June 8, 2026

Twenty winning tickets worth at least $10K were sold across the Garden State in one week, including a jackpot hit in Monmouth County

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Lottery players racked up a string of major wins last week, with 20 tickets worth at least $10K sold across the state and a Jersey Cash 5 player in Monmouth County walking away with a jackpot worth $616,344.

The biggest draw game prize of the week came Friday when a lucky player matched all five numbers in the Jersey Cash 5 drawing to claim the $616,344 jackpot.

The winning ticket was sold at Krauszers, located at 546 Park Ave. in Freehold. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus for selling the jackpot-winning ticket.

The winning numbers were 08, 11, 13, 24 and 44. The Bullseye number was 44 and the XTRA multiplier was 02.

Lottery officials said the jackpot has since reset to $150K.

Several other six-figure prizes were also awarded during the week.

A player in Orange claimed a $500K prize playing AC Night$ after purchasing a ticket at Wawa, 164 Main St.

A $200K winning ticket from the $500 Cash Craze Scratch-Off game was sold at Krauszer Food Store in Clinton.

Players also scored $100K prizes in Elizabeth and Pennsauken. The Elizabeth winning ticket came from the Goooalll! For The Win game and was sold at Bismillah Grocery and Deli, while the Pennsauken winner played LOTERIA Grande.

In Jersey City, a Quick Draw player won $104,086 after purchasing a ticket at Lucky Deli Meat Food Corp. on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

The New Jersey Lottery reported 20 prizes worth at least $10K were claimed between June 1 and June 7.

Lottery officials also issued an alert regarding an unclaimed Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $342,777 that is scheduled to expire July 19. The ticket was purchased at Quick Chek #63 in Ringoes, Hunterdon County.


Key Points

  • A Freehold ticket won a $616,344 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot.
  • Twenty New Jersey Lottery prizes worth at least $10K were sold during the week.
  • An unclaimed Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $342,777 is set to expire July 19.

Chris Quigley

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