The cash ticket is is valued at $284 million, state lottery officials said.
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That means the grand prize victor in New Jersey has the third most valuable lottery ticket ever sold in the U.S.
The ticket is the largest single jackpot winning ticket sold in New Jersey and the sixth largest in Powerball history.
Winners at all prize levels have 180 days from the drawing to claim their prizes.
Andrea Shin, who owns the convenience store where the ticket was sold, received a $30,000 bonus from the lottery.
“The winners are always revealed”, said Hedinger.
The winning ticket holder has yet to come forward, according to lottery officials who held a press conference at Shin’s store Monday.
Among them was John Warren, who joked that he had all the winning numbers that were drawn.
A $50,000 win is the third largest payout for a Powerball ticket, behind the big jackpot, which varies from drawing to drawing, and behind $1 million prizes.
Only one winning ticket will claim Saturday night’s prize, though it was not immediately known if that ticket was held by one person or multiple people. Unfortunately, he didn’t have more than two of them on any one of the $40 worth of tickets he had bought.
She said winners generally wait some time to come forward so they can consult with family and professionals.
The winning buyer is unusual in a couple of ways. “Instead, I won $2, which paid for this coffee”. But he spent $5 this week.
Finally, if you are the victor, everybody will eventually know – state law says the name, town and county of the lottery winners are public record. “But it was fun to think about cashing in the winning ticket”.
The winning ticket matches all six numbers from Saturday’s drawing – 5, 25, 26, 44, 66 and the Powerball number, 9. “Claim forms are available at all New Jersey Lottery Retailers or at New Jersey Lottery Headquarters”.
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The purchaser bought two $2 tickets, one each for drawings held last Wednesday and Saturday, and spent an extra $1 on each ticket to get the “Power Play” option that multiplies the winnings.
