A lottery player who bought a Cash4Life ticket at a food market in Middlesex County for Saturday’s drawing won the second-prize of $1,000 a week for life.
The lucky ticket was sold at Abreu Food Market on Lewis Street in Perth Amboy, according to the New Jersey Lottery.
The second-prize ticket matched five numbers, but not the Cash Ball. The winner can also opt for the $1 million cash option.
Saturday’s winning numbers were: 1, 3, 11, 17 and 58. The Cash Ball was 2.
No one won the first or second-prize for the daily game on Friday, Sunday or Monday.
Earlier this month, a lucky top-prize Cash4Life ticket worth $1,000 a day for life was bought at a deli in Clark, Union County.
The winner chose the cash option — worth $7 million before taxes are deducted.
The odds of a $2 ticket matching all the winning numbers and winning the top prize of $1,000 a day for life (or the cash option of $7 million) are 21,846,048 to 1. The odds of winning the second prize of $1 million or $1,000 a week for life are 1 in 7,282,016."
Cash4Life tickets cost $2 each and are sold in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Tennessee, and Virginia. Drawings are held each day at 9 p.m.
Stories by Jeff Goldman
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