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2 Powerball tickets worth $200K, 1 worth $50K sold in N.J. as jackpot hits $1.25B

2 Powerball tickets worth $200K, 1 worth $50K sold in N.J. as jackpot hits $1.25B

Two Powerball tickets worth $200,000 and one worth $50,000 were purchased in New Jersey for Monday night’s lottery drawing.

The $200,000 tickets were both sold in Parsippany, Morris County. One was purchased at a Wawa on New Road and the other at the Shell gas station on Route 46 east, lottery officials said.

The $50,000 winner bought the ticket at Holly City Deli and Cold Cut on North 10th Street in Millville, Cumberland County.

All three tickets matched four numbers plus the Powerball. The Parsippany tickets were bought with the Power Play option for an extra $1.

Monday’s winning numbers were: 23, 35, 59, 63 and 68. The Powerball drawn was 2 with a Power Play of 4X.

No one across the country won Monday’s $1.15 billion jackpot.

The jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is worth an estimated $1.25 billion with a cash option of $572.1 million.

Two second-prize tickets were sold for Monday’s drawing. A $1 million ticket was purchased in Arizona and a ticket in California is valued at $708,443.

California lottery prizes vary depending on ticket sales and number of winners.

There have been 43 drawings held since the jackpot was last won.