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$1M Winning Lottery Ticket Sold In Gloucester County

A Wawa in Woodbury Heights sold one of three $1 million Powerball tickets in New Jersey for Wednesday night's drawing.

A Wawa in Woodbury Heights sold one of three $1 million Powerball tickets in New Jersey for Wednesday night's drawing.
A Wawa in Woodbury Heights sold one of three $1 million Powerball tickets in New Jersey for Wednesday night's drawing. (Katie Kausch/Patch)

WOODBURY HEIGHTS, NJ — A Wawa in Woodbury Heights sold one of three $1 million winners in Wednesday’s Powerball Jackpot, the New Jersey Lottery announced Thursday morning. It is one of four $1 million lottery ticket sold in South Jersey this month

The Wawa at 856 Mantua Park in Woodbury Heights sold one of three $1 million winning tickets that were sold in New Jersey for Wednesday night’s drawing, according to lottery officials.

The other two tickets were sold in Haddonfield and Monmouth Junction. Somebody in Maryland won the jackpot worth an estimated $731.1 million — among the biggest jackpots in all US lottery history, game officials said. Read more here: 3 $1 Million Winners In NJ As $731.1M Powerball Jackpot Is Won

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The ticket matched five of the five white balls, winning the $1 million second-tier prize. The winning numbers for the Wednesday, January 20, drawing were: 40, 53, 60, 68, and 69. The Red Power Ball number was 22. The Multiplier number was 03.

The Powerball game is played by matching all five white balls in any order and the red Powerball number. The odds of picking the correct Powerball grand prize numbers are one in 292,201,338. Powerball tickets cost $2 each, and are sold at thousands of Lottery retailers. Find out where you can buy your Powerball tickets here.

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Earlier this month, $1 million-winning lottery tickets were sold at Jersey Bagel & Food Mart in Sicklerville; and at Masso's Deli & Pizzeria in Gibbsboro, both in Camden County. Read more here: Second $1M Winning Lottery Ticket Sold In Camden County In 1 Week

One of six $50,000 winning tickets sold in New Jersey for Wednesday night's Powerball was also sold in Camden County. The third-tier ticket was sold at the Wawa at 201 West White Horse Pike in Berlin. It matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball.

Both of those tickets were for the Mega Millions game, which now sees a jackpot of $970 million. The next Mega Millions drawing is Friday night.

The Powerball resets to $20 million for Saturday night’s drawing.

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