Thousands of New Jersey Players Win Prizes

TRENTON (Dec. 24, 2018) – The Powerball jackpot has rolled to $294 million! Although no one won the jackpot in the Dec. 22nd drawing, 32,824 New Jersey players took home an estimated $176,600 in prizes ranging from $4 to $300, according to Lottery Acting Executive Director James Carey.

The winning numbers for the Saturday, Dec. 22nd drawing were: 21, 28, 30, 40, and 59. The Red Power Ball number was 26. The Multiplier number was 03.

“Congratulations to all of the lottery players who purchased winning tickets and to the retailers that sold them,” said Carey. “I’d like to remind players to purchase their Powerball tickets with a winning attitude and add Power Play to the ticket purchase. Power Play doubles the second prize from one million dollars to two million dollars and multiplies all of the seven lower prize sets available in the game by the number drawn that evening. The jackpot prize is not multiplied.” The Powerball jackpot rolls to $294,000,000 for the next drawing to be held Wednesday, Dec. 26th at 10:59 pm.

View all New Jersey Lottery game winning numbers and drawings for the Pick-3, Pick-4, Jersey Cash 5, Pick-6, CASH4LIFE and 5 Card Cash games on the Lottery website (www.NJLottery.com) or on the official Lottery Facebook Page. Evening draws, with the exception of CASH4LIFE and 5 Card Cash, can be seen on WPIX-TV (PIX11) in New York and WPHL-TV (PHL17) in Philadelphia. Powerball and Mega Millions drawings can be seen on WABC-TV or WTXF stations.