While the $315 million Powerball ticket sold in New Jersey was by the far biggest lottery prize won in New Jersey this weekend, six other tickets sold in the state are worth a combined half-million dollars.
Two tickets worth $150,000 and four more worth $50,000 were also purchased from retailers across the state this weekend, lottery officials said Monday.
All six matched four numbers plus the Powerball with the holders of the $150,000 tickets getting the bigger prizes because both dropped an extra $1 to exercise the Power Play option.
The $150,000 tickets were sold at Quick Convenience on Woodbridge Avenue in Edison and Speedy Mart on Johnson Drive in Watchung.
The $50,000 tickets were purchased at the following locations:
- BP gas station on Route 46 in Lodi
- mini-mart on Park Avenue in Rutherford
- 7-Eleven on Route 73 in Voorhees
- Acme on East Main Street in Denville
Saturday's winning numbers were 3, 6, 9, 17 and 56. The Power Ball was 25 with a multiplier of 3x. The odds of a $2 ticket matching four numbers and the Powerball are about 913,129 to 1.
The jackpot winning ticket was sold at ShopRite in Hackensack.
Powerball is played in 44 states, Washington D.C, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The top prize for Wednesday's Powerball drawing resets to $40 million. Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot is $60 million wit a cash option of $34 million.
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