Someone in NJ Just Won a Record $3.4 Million Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Jackpot

Someone in New Jersey is having a very good week right now. One lottery ticket just turned into more than $3.4 million, setting a brand new record for the Jersey Cash 5 game.

Tuesday night’s drawing produced a jackpot worth $3,402,434, the largest prize the game has ever awarded. The winning ticket matched all five numbers, ending a streak that had allowed the jackpot to quietly grow for weeks. For someone out there, a normal night just became a life-changing one.

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Jersey Cash 5 Jackpot Climbs To Record Level

The winning numbers drawn Tuesday were 9, 10, 23, 28, and 34.

The Bullseye number was 9, and the XTRA number was 3.

The reason the jackpot became so large is actually pretty simple. No one had won the top prize for a while. The game had gone 16 straight drawings without a jackpot winner, which meant the prize pool kept rolling over and growing each time.

By the time Tuesday’s drawing arrived, the jackpot had climbed past $3.4 million, officially making it the biggest prize ever offered in Jersey Cash 5 history.

Eventually, someone was bound to hit it. And that is exactly what happened.

Winning Ticket Sold At Mercer County Convenience Store

According to the New Jersey Lottery, the record-breaking ticket was sold at Quick Stop Food Market, 881 Chamber Street, in Trenton.

For one lucky player, a simple stop at a neighborhood convenience store just turned into a multi-million dollar moment. So far, no information has been released about the winner's identity. Now the game resets, and the hunt for the next jackpot begins.

The prize for Wednesday night’s Jersey Cash 5 drawing drops back down to $150,000, which may not sound as dramatic as three million dollars, but it is still enough to make someone’s day very interesting.