How 18 New Jerseyans won millions playing Powerball
The Powerball $143.4 million jackpot was won by lottery players in Kansas and Indiana, but incredibly a record 18 New Jerseyans also became millionaires in the Wednesday, April 29 drawing thanks to a unique betting style, the New Jersey Lottery announced.
In addition to two tickets matching all six numbers for the jackpot, an unheard of 62 tickets nationwide matched the five white balls to win million-dollar prizes. Twenty-seven won $2 million with the Power Play, including four from New Jersey.
The winning Powerball numbers for the April 29 drawing were: 03, 19, 35, 51 and 67 with Powerball: 15 and multiplier: 02.
New Jersey Lottery officials said that “the unusually high number of winners appears to have resulted from many players selecting their numbers from a single vertical column on their play slips, a pattern that exists across multiple state lottery play slips.”
Sixty-two lottery players won million-dollar prizes by playing five numbers in a row, down the lottery slip.
The NJ Lottery said in all of 2025, there were only 13 second-tier winners who matched five numbers. The odds of matching 5 of 69 white balls are approximately 1 in 11 million, the agency said.
Here is a list of the 18 lucky lottery players from New Jersey and prizes won in the April 29 Powerball drawing:
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$2 million, sold at: Convenience Food Stop on Rivervale Road in Rivevale (Bergen County)
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$2 million, sold at: Beach Tobacco Cigar & Convenience on Brigtine Boulevard in Brigatine (Atlantic County)
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$2 million, sold at: Walmart on Coopertown Boulevard in Somerdale (Camden County)
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$2 million, sold at: Primo Deli and Grocery on Summit Avenue in Union City (Hudson County)
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$1 million, sold at: Exxon on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights (Bergen County)
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$1 million, sold at: 7-Eleven on Cedar Lane in Teaneck (Bergen County)
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$1 million, sold at: Clark’s Liquors on W. Main Street in Millville (Cumberland County)
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$1 million, sold at: AJ Seabra Supermarket on Pacific Street in Newark (Essex County)
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$1 million, sold at: Quick Stop on Main Street in Orange (Essex County)
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$1 million, sold at: Jersey Spirit & Win on Highway 9 in Old Bridge (Middlesex County)
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$1 million, sold at: 7-Eleven on Route 35 on Holmdel (Monmouth County)
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$1 million, sold at: Outerbridge Liquor on Highway 9 in Woodbrige (Middlesex County)
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$1 million, sold at: Quick Chek on Highway 33 in Neptune (Monmouth County)
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$1 million, sold at: Exxon on Route 37 om Toms River (Ocean County)
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$1 million, sold at: Dorta Liquors on 21st Avenue in Paterson (Passaic County)
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$1 million, sold at: Vault Liquors on Union Valley Road in West Milford (Passaic County)
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$1 million, sold at: Express Deli Food Market on Grove Street in Elizabeth (Union County)
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$1 million, sold at: Quick Mart on Knopf Street in Linden (Union County)
Kansas and Indiana split Powerball jackpot
Two lottery players in Kansas and Indiana split the $143.4 million Powerball jackpot on April 29. The Kansas ticket was sold in the south central part of the state, while the Indiana ticket was sold at Al’s Supermarket in La Porte.
The Powerball had last won on April 6 when a lottery player in Delaware won a $230.8 million jackpot.
The jackpot will reset to $20 million for the May 2, drawing.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: 62 in NJ win millions playing Powerball on April 29
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