Nine New Jersey Lottery CASH4LIFE Players Win $2,500 Third Prize One Florida Lottery Player Wins $1,000 a Week for Life

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Chris Christie, Governor Kim Guadagno, Lt. Governor Ford M. Scudder, State Treasurer Carole Hedinger, Executive Director Benefits Education and Institutions

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TRENTON (March 3, 2017) – One Florida Lottery CASH4LIFE ticket matched the 5 white balls drawn for the Thursday, March 2 drawing winning the $1,000 a week for life second prize. In addition, nine New Jersey ticketholders won $2,500 each when their tickets matched the four white balls and Cash Ball drawn. Moreover, 30,955 New Jersey players won $152,217 in cash prizes ranging from $2 to $500. The winning numbers were: 03, 07, 11, 30 and 42. The Cash Ball was: 03.

“Congratulations to the Florida prize winner and all of the New Jersey players who won cash prizes playing CASH4LIFE,” said Carole Hedinger, New Jersey Lottery executive director. This game offers two jackpot prizes for the $2.00 ticket price. The top prize is $1,000 a day for life, with a current cash value of $7,000,000, and the second prize is $1,000 a week for life, with a cash value of $1,000,000. In addition to the “For Life” prizes, the CASH4LIFE game offers seven other prize levels with prizes ranging from $2.00 to $2,500.

CASH4LIFE tickets are now available in: Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. Players select five numbers from a field of one through 60, and then select a “Cash Ball” from a field of one through four. Drawings are held on Monday and Thursday at approximately 9:00 p.m. The next drawing will be held on Monday, March 6, 2017.

View all New Jersey Lottery game winning numbers and drawings for the Pick-3, Pick-4, Jersey Cash 5, Pick-6, CASH4LIFE and 5 Card Cash games on the Lottery website (www.NJLottery.com) or on the official Lottery Facebook Page. Midday and evening draws, with the exception of CASH4LIFE and 5 Card Cash, can be seen on WPIX-TV (PIX11) in New York and WPHL-TV (PHL17) in Philadelphia. Powerball and Mega Millions drawings can be seen on WABC-TV stations.

ABOUT THE LOTTERY Since its inception in 1970, the New Jersey Lottery (NJLottery.com) has contributed nearly $25 billion to the State in support of education and institutions. Among its beneficiaries are: veterans homes, colleges and universities, school nutrition programs, homes for the developmentally disabled, psychiatric hospitals, higher education scholarship programs and the Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf.

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