Bergen County Lottery Player Wins $1.5 Million Jackpot

Mahwah NJ

06 December, 2021

11:09 AM

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LODI, NJ — Christmas came early for one Bergen County lottery player, who walked away from Friday's Jersey Cash 5 drawing with over $1 million in winnings. Lottery officials announced that one ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $1,504,053 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the Friday. The ticket was sold at Shoprite of Lodi #122, 175 Main St., in Lodi, New Jersey. The retailer will receive a bonus check of $2,000, officials said. The Bergen County player wasn't the only person to take home $1 million in winnings, as a Passaic County lottery player won a $1 million second-tier prize in Saturday's Powerball drawing. A Fort Lee, New Jersey, lottery player took home $50,000 in that drawing, lottery officials announced.