A Morris County resident in New Jersey has gained a six-figure Jersey Money 5 jackpot, turning into the twenty fifth winner this yr.
The New Jersey Lottery shares that one resident from Morris County matched all 5 numbers within the Jersey Money 5 lottery on Sunday, Might 18. The profitable mixture was 15, 26, 30, 34, and 42, whereas the XTRA quantity drawn was 03, and the Bullseye quantity was 26.
19 different gamers matched 4 numbers and the Bullseye, profitable them $500 every, and one other gained $1000 by including the XTRA to that line-up. Though the jackpot winner is confirmed, the id of the winner has not but been revealed to the general public.
To this point this yr, there have been 24 different winners. The biggest jackpot up to now in New Jersey in 2025 was a $32 million Choose-6 prize, offered at Fast Mart in Jackson, Ocean County, on January 21, leading to an estimated $14.4 million money prize.
The biggest lottery prize ever gained in New Jersey was in 2025, leading to a $1.13 billion Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot.
The lottery in New Jersey
The New Jersey lottery is run instantly by the state of New Jersey, with numerous in-house draw video games like Choose-3, Choose-4, Jersey Money 5 (the identical recreation that the latest jackpot winner performed), Choose-6, Fast Draw, and Money Pop. There are additionally multi-state draw video games, reminiscent of Cash4Life, Mega Thousands and thousands, and Powerball. Moreover, the Lottery sells Quick Play and scratch-off tickets.
The lotteries are drawn twice a day, seven days per week, through the New Jersey Community (NJN) broadcast. Each Tuesday and Friday additionally sees the attracts of the Mega Thousands and thousands drawings, whereas the Powerball drawings happen on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
The New Jersey Lottery began one thing of a brand new development in state lotteries, kicking off a development of streaming its drawings on-line, the primary US state to take action on July 1, 2011. You’ll be able to nonetheless watch the drawings on-line through the Lottery’s web site or its Ustream channel.
This comes after New Jersey noticed gambling revenue rise in April, regardless of statewide pushes to limit gambling ads.
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