$1.1 Million Lottery Ticket Sold at Hamilton, NJ Wawa Store

New Jersey's got another millionaire after a seven-figure-winning lottery ticket paid off in Mercer County.

How to become a millionaire? Keep playing the lottery in New Jersey.

It seems like the quickest path to wealth in the Garden State these days is by buying a lottery ticket. It feels to me like once a month I'm congratulating a new millionaire who hit it big with the New Jersey Lottery. It gives me HOPE!

Lucky Lottery Player in Mercer County, New Jersey Wins Over $1 Million

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Somebody just won LIFE CHANGING money! And this windfall wasn't even as a result of playing Powerball or Mega Millions.

A highly profitable ticket for Jersey Cash 5 matched all five numbers drawn on Friday, March 1, 2024, according to NJ Lottery . It ended up being worth $1,160,018! That's a NICE chunk of change, huh?!

Those numbers were: 13, 19, 20, 24 and 27 and the XTRA number was: 03

That lottery winner must have been FLOORED once they realized their good fortune, and their brain flooded with all the ways that kind of cash flow could make their life easier, lol. I know mine would be!

Goodbye credit card bills and student loans, hello debt-free life and vacation!

$1.1M Winning Lottery Ticket Sold at Hamilton, NJ Wawa

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The million-dollar winning ticket was reportedly sold at the Wawa store located at 1200 Route 33 (at Whitehorse-Hamilton Sq. Rd.) in Hamilton, Mercer County, according to New Jersey Lottery.

Congratulations to the winner and to the Wawa, who will receive a $2,000 bonus from the New Jersey Lottery for selling the winning ticket.

When is the Next Jersey Cash 5 Drawing in New Jersey?

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If you're hoping to win the lottery, the next Jersey Cash 5 drawing is tonight (Monday, March 11th) worth an estimated $1.1M. The Mega Millions is at about $735,000,000 million with the next drawing happening Tues., March 12th, and the next Powerball jackpot up for grabs Monday, March 11th is worth approximately $532M, according to NJ Lottery.

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