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Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Union County lottery player wins $7 million playing Cash 4 Life
A Union County player matched all five white balls and the Cash Ball drawn on Wednesday, May 14, to win the Cash 4 Life top prize. The player selected the cash option and will receive the lump sum award of $7 million. The $7 million prize is the NJ Lottery's second largest of 2025, behind a $32 million Pick-6 win on Monday, Jan. 20, in Ocean County. The last time a NJ player won the top prize in Cash 4 Life was Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Quick Stop Deli & Grill, 1723 Stuyvesant Ave. in Union Township, will receive a $30,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. The winning numbers were 02, 16, 30, 42 and 55. The Cash Ball was 03. In addition, 8,396 other players won $48,144 in cash prizes ranging from $2 to $500 with 2,497 of those tickets doubling their prize with Doubler. Cash 4 Life offers two jackpot prizes for the $2 ticket price. The top prize is $1,000 a day for life, with a current cash value of $7 million, and the second prize is $1,000 a week for life, with a cash value of $1 million. In addition to the 'for Life' prizes, the Cash 4 Life game offers seven other prize levels with prizes of $2,500, $500, $100, $25, $10, $4, and $2. The Doubler add-on feature lifts the $2,500 third-tier prize to $5,000 when added to a game play for an additional $1 per play. It also doubles all of the other tier prizes. The $1,000 a day for life and $1,000 a week for life prizes are not doubled. Cash 4 Life tickets are available in New Jersey, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia. Players select five numbers from a field of one through 60 and a 'Cash Ball' from a field of one through four. Drawings are held every day at about 9 p.m. Brad Wadlow is a staff writer for This article originally appeared on $7 million winning Cash 4 Life ticket sold in Union County
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Mega Millions rule changes official: April 8 Mega Millions numbers
The changes are now official. For the April 8 Mega Millions drawing, the price has gone up, but so have the prizes. Tickets for Mega Millions are now $5, marking the first time the price of the game has increased since 2017 when the price doubled from $ to $2. The game's jackpot now starts at $50 instead of $20. Players will also have a better chance at winning. Jackpot odds are now 1 in 290,472,336, compared to 1 in 302,575,350. Ch-ching! 16 lucky NJ Lottery winners cash in on Powerball, Jersey Cash 5, more Tonight's jackpot is $54 million. That carries a cash payout of $25.4 million. The drawing will take place tonight at 11 p.m. This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Did anyone win Mega Millions April 8? Jackpot hits $54M
