New Jersey Lottery
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| Formed | November 20, 1969 |
| Jurisdiction | State of New Jersey, U.S. |
| Headquarters | Lawrence Township, New Jersey |
| Motto | Anything can happen in Jersey |
| Employees | 100 |
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| Parent agency | New Jersey Department of the Treasury |
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| Website | NJLottery.com |
The New Jersey Lottery is run by the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its draw games are: Cash4Life, Mega Millions, Powerball, Pick-6, Jersey Cash 5, 5 Card Cash, Pick-4, and Pick-3. The Lottery also sells scratch tickets. The New Jersey Lottery is headquartered in the One Lawrence Park Complex in Lawrence Township, Mercer County.
New Jersey Lottery players must be at least 18 years old.
The largest prize won on a ticket sold in New Jersey was for the May 7, 2016 Powerball drawing. The annuity value of the ticket was approximately $429,000,000. Pearlie Mae Smith, along with her seven adult children, all of which living in Trenton claimed the ticket on May 13, choosing the cash option.
Pick-3 is a three-digit draw game drawn twice daily. It began on May 22, 1975 as a daily game; midday drawings were introduced in November 2001. It was originally known as Pick-it; the name changed to Pick-3 in 1987 to distinguish from the newer Pick-4 game.
The ways to win, in the order of payouts from highest to lowest, are:
Typically, the straight payout is over $250, and the box payout (where the three digits are different) averages $38. Unlike most lotteries, New Jersey pays winners of Pick-3 and Pick-4 on a parimutuel basis. Multiple wagers of the same number increase winnings. The most common Pick-3 wager is Straight and Box combined for $1.00 (sometimes known as a "50-50" bet.)
Pick-4 is a four-digit draw game also drawn twice daily. It was introduced as a weekly game on July 9, 1977, became a daily game, and has been a twice-daily game since November 2001.
The ways to win, in the order of payouts from highest to lowest, are:
As in Pick-3, the most common Pick-4 wager is Straight and Box combined for $1.00 (some players will make separate "straight" and "box" wagers for the same Pick-4 number, so that the "box" wager, if won, can be collected without filling out a tax form.) Typically, the straight payout is over $2,000. Multiple wagers of the same number increase winnings.
Jersey Cash 5 is a daily game that draws five balls numbered from 1 through 43. Drawings are held nightly, and the cost is $1 per game. The top prize (matching all 5 numbers drawn) is a progressive jackpot. that starts at $75,000 (estimated). The jackpot increases each day until a wager matches all 5 numbers drawn. The jackpot amount is shared between each winning ticket if there's more than one.
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