OCEAN COUNTY – An Ocean County resident was carrying on with a normal day of work when they heard the news of the jackpot hit, and later discovered they won the nearly $2 million.
The recent Cash 5 drawing announced that the winning ticket was sold at the Silverton Buyrite located at 1922 Hooper Avenue in Toms River. The winning numbers were: 07, 21, 28, 31 and 38, and the XTRA number was 02.
After matching all five numbers, a Cash 5 player won the $1,883,824 prize.
When the news broke, the lucky winner knew they purchased their ticket at the Silverton Buyrite.
“I don’t play every day, but whenever I go to the store, I play $20 of Cash 5,” the player told the New Jersey Lottery. “I’ll go two or three weeks without checking. So, I was working, checking my emails when I was on a call.”
While on call, the winner quickly went to their car and pulled a couple weeks’ worth of tickets from the visor to check the winning numbers.
“I look at the numbers after my call. I looked at my first $10 worth of tickets. Not a winner. I put that one away. I see the other ticket and…Oh, my god. Those were the numbers.”
“I pulled up the winning numbers on my laptop to make sure they were correct. I pretty much started crying,” the winner said. “Then, I drove to the store. They had a sign that said ‘Big winner sold here.’”
The winner then went in to verify their ticket, confirming them as the prize winner.
Although the ticket was a quick pick, four of the numbers carried a special, personal meaning to the winner.
“This year was really rough,” said the winner. “Now this. It’s life changing. I am going to buy myself a house. I am using it as an investment for my retirement. I am still in shock.”
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