Two lucky Jersey Cash 5 lottery players split the $1,230,474 jackpot in Friday night’s drawing.
The winning numbers were 18, 38, 40, 41 and 42. The Xtra number was 2 and the Bullseye was 38.
One of the tickets was sold at the ShopRite on Route 72 in Manahawkin, Ocean County. The other ticket was purchased through Lotto.com, New Jersey Lottery officials said.
Each player won $615,237.
The jackpot is the 49th Jersey Cash 5 win this year.
The Jersey Cash 5 game had gone eight consecutive drawings without a top-prize winner.
The last jackpot win was $1,039,075 on Sept. 10. The winning ticket was purchased at Robin’s Convenience Store, 256 Atlantic City Blvd. in Beachwood, according to state lottery officials.
The jackpot for Saturday’s drawing has reset to $150,000.
For the daily drawing, the odds of a $2 ticket matching all five numbers (1 to 45) are 1 in 1,221,759.
Editor’s note: The headline and story have been updated to correct that two players split the jackpot.
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