New Jersey Powerball Ticket Wins $847 Million Jackpot as Bergen County Sale Ends Streak of 35 Drawings
TRENTON, N.J. — A single Powerball ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Wednesday night's drawing to win an $847 million jackpot, one of the largest lottery prizes in U.S. history and the biggest Powerball jackpot ever won in the Garden State.
The grand prize has an estimated cash value of $363.1 million and is the ninth-largest Powerball jackpot ever won, according to Powerball.
The white balls drawn Wednesday were 15, 34, 41, 53 and 56. The red Powerball was 21, and the Power Play multiplier was 2X.
Sold in Bergen County
The winning ticket was sold in the northern part of the state. Lottery officials said only that the winning ticket was sold in Bergen County. As of Thursday morning, the New Jersey Lottery had not said which store sold the ticket, and nobody had come forward to claim it.
The winner may never be publicly identified. New Jersey law allows lottery winners to remain anonymous.
The prize sets a state record. The $847 million jackpot is the biggest Powerball prize ever won in New Jersey. The previous high-water mark came in 2016, when a ticket sold at a 7-Eleven in Trenton won a $429.6 million Powerball jackpot.
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