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New Jersey Lottery

The New Jersey Lottery is run by the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its In-house draw games are: Pick-3, Pick-4, Jersey Cash 5, Pick-6, Quick Draw, and Cash Pop. Its multi-jurisdictional draw games are: Cash4Life, Mega Millions, and Powerball. The Lottery also sells Fast Play and scratch-off tickets. The New Jersey Lottery is headquartered at One Lawrence Park Complex in Lawrence Township, Mercer County.[5]

New Jersey Lottery Commission
New Jersey Lottery logo
Agency overview
FormedNovember 20, 1969 (1969-11-20)
JurisdictionState of New Jersey, U.S.
HeadquartersLawrence Park Complex
1333 Brunswick Avenue Circle
Trenton, NJ 08648[1]
MottoAnything can happen in Jersey
Employees100
Agency executives
Parent agencyNew Jersey Department of the Treasury
Key document
  • N.J.S.A 5:9-1[3]
WebsiteNJLottery.com

The largest prize won on a ticket sold in New Jersey was for the March 30, 2018, Mega Millions drawing. The annuity value of the ticket was approximately $533,000,000. The ticket was sold in Riverdale, Morris County.[6]

Current draw games edit

In-house draw games edit

Pick-3 edit

Pick-3 is a three-digit draw game drawn twice daily.[7] It began on May 22, 1975, as a daily game and the nation’s first game where players can choose their own numbers and play type. Midday drawings were introduced in November 2001. It was originally known as Pick-it; the name changed to Pick-3 in 1987 to distinguish from the newer Pick-4 game.

The ways to win, in the order of payouts from highest to lowest, are:[7]

  • Straight - Match all three digits exactly as they are drawn.
  • Wheel - Match all three digits in any order and win the Straight prize. This play type multiplies the wager amount by the number of straight combinations covered.
  • Box - Match all three digits in any order.
  • Straight/Box - Match the winning numbers in the exact order to win the straight and the box prizes. Match the winning numbers in any order to win the box prize.
  • Pair - Match the first two or the last two numbers (depending on the specific pair selected) in the exact order to win.

Plays in pick 3 range from $0.50 to $5 and prizes range from $25 to $2,500 depending on the player’s choice of play type and wager amount for each game.

As of November 14th, 2022, the New Jersey Lottery pays winners fixed prize amounts to players who have pick 3 tickets that match the winning numbers for the play type they choose. Prizes in pick 3 were awarded on a parimutuel basis prior to the November 14th, 2022 drawings.

Pick-4 edit

Pick-4 is a four-digit draw game also drawn twice daily.[8] It was introduced as a weekly game on July 9, 1977, became a daily game, and has been a twice-daily game since November 2001.[9]

Price and play options for pick 4 are the same as the pick 3 game with prizes ranging from $25 to $25,000 depending on the player’s choice for play type and how much they will pay for the game. The prizes are paid on a fixed basis as of November 14th 2022. Prior to November 14, 2022, players won a prize that was awarded to them on a parimutuel basis.

Fireball edit

On February 27, 2017, the Fireball feature was added to Pick-3 and Pick-4, replacing a play type that the NJ Lottery offered until February 19, 2017, called “So Close”. This Fireball feature gives players an additional opportunity to create winning combinations. With Fireball, players can replace one of the Lottery drawn Pick-3 or Pick-4 winning numbers with the Fireball number drawn for more ways to win, for example, if a player placed a 3-6-8 Straight bet and the winning numbers were 2-6-8 and the Fireball number was 3, the player would swap out the first number 2 with the Fireball number to match the numbers 3-6-8 and win the Fireball prize. In addition, player matching the winning numbers for their play type and the fireball number is the same as one of their numbers and the player matches the winning fireball combinations win the base game and any fireball prizes for each fireball combination for that play type (for example if a player placed a 1-2-2-7 Straight bet with the fireball feature and the winning numbers were 1-2-2-7 and the fireball number was 2, they would win 3 times). Adding Fireball doubles the cost of the play and can be added to any pick 3 or pick 4 play type.[10]

Jersey Cash 5 Xtra edit

Jersey Cash 5 is a daily game that draws five balls numbered from 1 through 45. Drawings are held nightly, and the cost is $1 per game. The top prize (matching all 5 numbers drawn) is a progressive jackpot that starts at an estimated $100,000. The jackpot increases each day until a wager matches all 5 numbers drawn. The jackpot amount is shared between each winning ticket if there is more than one.[11]

Jersey Cash 5 began on September 20, 1992, as a pick-5-of-38 game. Players won a parimutuel prize by matching at least three numbers. The original version of Jersey Cash 5 did not have a rolling jackpot; instead, if no set of five numbers was a perfect match, the first-prize pool was added to second prize winners (those who matched four of five numbers). In September 2003, two numbers were added to make Jersey Cash 5 a 5/40 game, and the top prize level was changed to a progressive jackpot.[9] On September 14, 2014, Jersey Cash 5 increased its field of numbers from 40 to 43 and became a 5/43 game. Its estimated starting jackpot prize was also increased - from $50,000 to $75,000.[12] On June 29, 2020, the starting jackpot was increased from $75,000 to $100,000 and increased its field of numbers from 43 to 45.[13]

On October 3, 2016, the "Xtra" feature was added to Jersey Cash 5. This feature gives players the opportunity to multiply their non-jackpot winnings up to 5 times by matching 3 or 4 out of 5 numbers. If a player matches 2 out of 5 numbers with the "Xtra" feature, they win $2.[14]

Pick-6 edit

Pick-6 is drawn on Monday and Thursday evenings. It draws six numbers from 1 through 46. Games cost $2 each. The jackpot begins at $2 million annuity and increases by at least $100,000 per rollover until there is a 6-of-6 winner (the jackpot prize is paid in a financial annuity over 30 years or the jackpot winner can choose the available cash option for such annuity). The game requires players to choose how they want to be paid if they win the jackpot prize while playing the game.[15]

Pick-6 began on May 9, 1980, as one of the first games of its kind in the US.[9] It originally was a pick-6 (hence the name) of 36 numbers. Players paid $1 for each game; a winning ticket needed at least four correct numbers in a game. In June 1984, it was changed to 6/39, then in February 1986, later went to a 6/42 matrix, followed by an additional change to 6/46, in January 1989; making even higher jackpots possible. Until 2000, drawings included a five-digit "bonus" number; an exact match entered the player into a special drawing where the top prize was $50,000 yearly in 20 installments, with no cash option. (Although the Pick-6 cash option began in 1997, it applied only to the "regular" game; choosing "cash" on a betslip, then winning the top prize in the "bonus" drawing, still meant receiving mandatory annuity payments.)[9]

In September 2000, Pick-6 adopted the 6/49 format, adding a $3 prize for matching three numbers. Matching at least four numbers has always won a parimutuel prize.[15]

On January 15, 2015, Pick-6 added its "XTRA" option (an additional $1 per play per drawing). Matching five, four, or three of the six numbers means the basic parimutuel prize is multiplied by the "XTRA" number. The “XTRA” feature originally awarded a $2 prize for matching 2 of the six numbers drawn.

On April 7, 2022, the game matrix scaled back to the 6/46 matrix, the price increased to $2 per play and a new feature called Double Play added to the game, giving players additional chance to win up to $250,000, with other prizes being reduced. In addition to that, the XTRA multiplier turned into an instant multiplier on every purchased ticket, and a new 10x multiplier number added, which gives players the chance to multiply any non jackpot prizes up to 10 times, both for the regular Pick-6 and Double Play drawings.[16]

Quick Draw edit

Quick Draw is a keno-style draw game which was launched on July 17, 2017. The game is drawn every four minutes from 5:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. Players choose 1 to 10 numbers (spots) per play. It is drawn using a random number generator (RNG). The RNG draws 20 numbers from 1 through 80. Minimum play is $1. The 10-spot option has a top prize of $100,000 ($1 million on a $10 play). Players also have the option of how many consecutive drawings (up to 20) they wish to play. Up until September 30, 2018, Quick Draw was only offered at a limited number of lottery retailers (who have an HDTV monitor) showing each drawing.[17][18][19][20]

On October 1, 2018, Quick Draw's Bullseye feature was launched giving players higher chances of winning. During each drawing, one of the 20 drawn numbers is randomly selected as the Bullseye number. If a player matches the Bullseye number, bigger prizes are won. Players can add Bullseye to each play for double the amount of the bet per draw. On the same day, the Quick Draw ePlayslip was also launched where players can generate a bet slip by selecting their own numbers and bets through the NJ Lottery app. Quick Draw is available through all New Jersey Lottery retailers, with the live drawings displayed on each lottery terminal, HDTV monitors, the NJ Lottery app and website.[21][22][23]

On June 7, 2021, the Multiplier feature was launched. This feature gives lottery players the opportunity to multiply their winnings up to 10 times. The Multiplier drawing takes place prior to each draw. The cost to add the Multiplier to each play costs double the wager.[24][25]

Cash Pop edit

The game launched on September 30, 2019.[citation needed] Players select how much to wager; $1, $2, $5, or $10. Players choose from 1 to 15 numbers; the "cover all" option guarantees a win. One number from 1 through 15 is drawn by an RNG. Players can win anywhere from 5 to 250 times their wager, with prizes ranging from $5 to $2,500. Winning numbers are shown on each lottery terminal, HDTV monitors, the New Jersey Lottery app, and website. Starting on Monday, June 27, 2022, Cash Pop drawings take place every 4 minutes instead of every 15 minutes to allow for more excitement in the game.[citation needed]

Multi-jurisdictional games edit

Cash4Life edit

On June 13, 2014, New York and New Jersey began sales of Cash4Life, which replaced Sweet Million in New York. Games are $2 each. The first drawing took place on June 16. The game has since expanded; as of July 1, 2019, the game is offered by nine state lotteries and is drawn nightly.[26]

Players choose 5 of 60 numbers in one field, and 1 of 4 green "Cash Ball" numbers in the second field. Drawings are held live from New Jersey every evening at 9 pm Eastern Time on Livestream. The top prize is $1,000 per day for life, while second prize is $1,000 per week; both annuity tiers have a cash option.[26][27]

Unusually, New Jersey requires players to choose cash or annuity when playing Cash4Life, instead of after winning. The cash option (if chosen) is binding, while an annuity ticket can be changed to cash after winning. On May 15, 2017, Doubler NJ (available only in New Jersey, hence, the name of the feature) can be added to each Cash4Life play for $1 extra. All non-"for Life" prizes double winnings. Doubler NJ applies to each $3 play on a ticket.

Mega Millions edit

On September 6, 1996, six lotteries began a multi-jurisdictional game, then known as The Big Game. In May 1999, the New Jersey Lottery became its first additional member. The game became known as The Big Game Mega Millions in May 2002; a short time later, The Big Game was dropped from the name. Mega Millions' starting jackpots is $15 million; a cash option is available.

On January 31, 2010, many MUSL members (until then offering only Powerball) joined Mega Millions; likewise, most Mega Millions members added Powerball; New Jersey offered both games as of the cross-sell expansion date.

The Megaplier option, initially available only in Texas, became available to Mega Millions players in New Jersey during January 2011, the deadline for the then 43 Mega Millions members to offer the Megaplier.

Mega Millions currently is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Mega Millions is drawn live, usually from Atlanta.

Powerball edit

Powerball is a multi-lottery game which began in 1992. On October 13, 2009, the Mega Millions consortium and Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) reached an agreement in principle to cross-sell Mega Millions and Powerball in U.S. lottery jurisdictions. On January 7, 2010, the New Jersey Lottery announced that it would join Powerball, effective January 31, 2010; on that date, the 33 MUSL members were joined by 12 lotteries, including New Jersey's, that offered Mega Millions, although some of the 45 lotteries did not add the "other" game on that date.

On March 13, 2010, New Jersey became the first previously Mega Millions-only jurisdiction to produce a jackpot ticket for Powerball after the cross-sell expansion. The annuity value of the jackpot was over $211 million; the ticket was sold in Morris Plains.

Powerball's basic game has always had a $1 price; a game with the Power Play option (introduced in 2001) costs $2. On January 15, 2012, the most recent format change for Powerball included a price increase; games are $2 each, or $3 with Power Play. The minimum jackpot was doubled, to $40 million; a second-prize game (matching all five white balls, but not also the Powerball) wins $1 million, or $2 million if Power Play was selected.

Powerball is drawn live, usually from Florida; its home base was Iowa until 2008.

Cash/annuity jackpot choice edit

Unusually, for Pick-6 (as well as for Cash4Life, Mega Millions, and Powerball within New Jersey), players must choose cash or annuity when playing, instead of after winning. The cash option, if chosen, is legally binding; however, a New Jersey-generated annuity ticket that wins an annuity prize in any of these four games can be changed to cash. Such winners are given a 60-day period upon claiming in which to make the choice.

There is no annuity option in Jersey Cash 5, as its jackpot shares are paid in lump sum.

Instant Games edit

Since July 17, 1975, the New Jersey has offered numerous scratchcard games, called "Instant Games", with various price points, prizes, formats and themes.[28]

Fast Play edit

The Lottery offered a form of instant win game known as Instant Match.[29] Available as a $1 add-on to Pick-3, Pick-4 and Jersey Cash 5 tickets, the lottery terminal's random number generator produced a same-sized set of numbers to the main game. If any of the randomly generated numbers match the ticket's chosen numbers, the player wins the indicated prize amount.[29]

In 2015, this was replaced by a series of games known as Fast Play, which are instant games similar to a scratchcard, but generated by the lottery terminal. Cost and prize values vary between games. One game, Jersey Jackpot features a progressive jackpot.[30]

Retired draw games edit

5 Card Lotto/Cash edit

The original version of the game was called 5 Card Lotto, and was offered from January 11, 1988, to September 18, 1990. It was New Jersey Lottery's response to the initial wave of terminal-based, all-cash, lottery games with a higher prize potential than those offered in Pick-3 and Pick-4 games. Rather than an all-number field, the game used 52 cards from a standard deck of playing cards. The game was drawn twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays. The winning combination was the five "cards" (actually marked balls) drawn. Although a "poker-themed" game, poker hands (four of a kind, full house, flush etc.) were not used to determine winning tickets. Instead, any game matching at least three of the five cards won a parimutuel prize. A ticket with any game matching all five cards won (or shared) the cash jackpot, which started at $200,000 and remained there until sales supported a higher top prize. Unusual at the time, 5 Card Lotto drawings were originally broadcast during the early afternoon, before being shifted to evenings.

The game was revived as 5 Card Cash and was offered from May 16, 2016, to May 3, 2020. Each play cost $2 per quick pick and offered two plays with the same set of terminal-generated playing cards. The first play was called "Win Now" which was an instant match game similar to the Fast Play games by matching the cards to a poker hand. Cash prizes ranged from $2 (for a pair of jacks or better) to $5000 (for a royal flush). The second play was called "Win Tonight", where a nightly jackpot drawing similar to the prior version of the game by matching at least two of the five cards drawn via random number generator would win a cash prize. Matching all five drawn cards won $100,000. An additional $1 bet called "All In" added to the prizes for the "Win Now" play, with a royal flush winning an additional progressive jackpot which started at $10,000, while a straight flush added 10% of the jackpot value to the prize.[31]

New Jersey Lottery officially ended 5 Card Cash on October 5, 2020. The game had been temporarily suspended on May 4, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it never resumed play due to limited interest. On October 16, 2020, a new poker-themed version of the game was launched as a Fast Play Progressive game.[32] In addition, any remaining amount for the "All In" prize pool was carried forward into the Fast Play progressive Jackpot.[33]

Lotzee edit

Lotzee (stylized LOTZEE) was a game offered from June 14, 1998, to September 13, 2003.[9][34] Originally drawn once a week on Saturdays, it expanded with a Wednesday drawing before being discontinued. It was unpopular with players, who felt the rules, which featured a combination of player- and machine-selected numbers, were too complex and confusing. The top prize was $500,000 cash; although not a progressive jackpot, the prize was split if there were multiple winners.[34]

A Player Could choose 4 out of 77 numbers numbered between 0 and 76.

Lottery Bingo edit

Lottery Bingo was a Pick 5 style game. The release and end dates are unknown. It was drawn only on Wednesdays. The player needed to chose 1 number from each letter columns(for example: B15 I30 N45 G60 and O75). The drawing was used one machine with 5 bingo cages(the first cage loaded with the B numbers, the second with the I numbers, and so on). Players had to match all five bingo numbers in order to win a prize. There were prizes for matching 2, 3, or 4 numbers in order. Drawings were held weekly.

Monopoly Millionaires' Club edit

Monopoly Millionaires' Club began on October 19, 2014. Its only jackpot winner was purchased in New Jersey. In December 2014, it was announced that due to low sales among the 23 members, sales of the game were to be suspended.[35]

Drawings edit

The New Jersey Network (NJN) aired live televised drawings twice a day, seven days a week; midday at 12:59 p.m. Eastern Time and nightly at 10:57 p.m. Eastern Time. Also, NJN aired the twice-weekly Mega Millions drawings at 10:59 p.m. Eastern time every Tuesday and Friday night, as well as the Monday, Wednesday and Saturday Powerball drawings at the equivalent time. On July 1, 2011, the New Jersey Lottery became the first lottery in the nation to stream their drawings, live, from the New Jersey Lottery's headquarters on either the New Jersey Lottery's website or the New Jersey Lottery's Ustream channel. On September 6, 2011, drawings returned to broadcast on television on NJTV on a one-hour tape delay; the live drawings continue to be held at the Lottery's headquarters and broadcast online. On June 4, 2012, the live drawings from the New Jersey Lottery's Ustream channel moved to Livestream.

On January 1, 2013, the New Jersey Lottery drawings returned to broadcast television. The drawings were aired on WLNY (channel 10/55) in northern New Jersey, and WPSG-TV (channel 57), in southern New Jersey, both of which are owned by CBS. These are the first New Jersey Lottery drawings to be aired on commercial television.[36] On July 1, 2014, the New Jersey Lottery live drawings moved to WPIX/channel 11 (New York City) and WPHL/channel 17 (Philadelphia), both of which are formerly owned by Tribune Broadcasting. On the same day, Erica Young (daughter of the late New Jersey Lottery draw host Hela Young) was introduced as the lottery's new draw host.[37] On May 11, 2018, Erica Young hosted her final New Jersey Lottery drawing, taking on a new position with the Lottery.[38] On the same day, the lottery announced that it would no longer televise midday drawings on WPIX & WPHL.[39] On May 14, 2018, Lauren Berman was introduced as New Jersey Lottery's new draw host.[40] On June 22, 2020, the New Jersey State Lottery announced that it would no longer broadcast drawings on WPIX and WPHL, but still live stream them on their website, Facebook page, Youtube channel and Livestream. In addition, the evening drawings moved from 7:57 pm to 10:57 pm.[41] The Mega Millions and Powerball drawings continue to broadcast on WABC-TV and WXTV-DT (in Spanish) in New York and WTXF-TV in Philadelphia, although WABC-TV occasionally airs the Powerball drawings, particularly when the Powerball jackpot is significantly high.[42] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the live drawings are hosted by unseen announcers.

All New Jersey Lottery drawings are held live from New Jersey Lottery Headquarters at Lawrence Park Complex in Trenton, New Jersey. Pick 3, Pick 4, Fireball, Jersey Cash 5, and Pick 6 are drawn in Studio A. The nightly Cash4Life drawings are held in Studio B.[43] All NJ Lottery Drawings are under the observation of Mercadien P.C., a CPA and Asset Management firm.

Game Ticket Sales Cutoff Draw Days Draw Times
Pick 3 & Pick 4 Fireball ‡ 12:53pm & 10:53pm Daily 12:59pm & 10:57pm
Jersey Cash 5 Xtra ‡ 10:53pm Daily 10:57pm
Pick 6 ‡ 10:53pm Monday & Thursday 10:57pm
Cash4Life L 8:46pm[26] Daily[26] 9pm
Mega Millions 10:45pm Tuesday & Friday 11pm
Powerball 10pm Monday, Wednesday, & Saturday 10:59pm

‡ Live drawings take place on Livestream, NJ Lottery's Facebook page and Youtube channel.

† Live drawings take place on WABC-TV (on some occasions), WXTV-DT (in Spanish), and WTXF-TV.

L Live drawings take place only on Livestream.

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Current hosts edit

  • Lauren Berman[40]
  • Jacqueline Knox

Former hosts edit

References edit

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External links edit

  • New Jersey Lottery official site

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The New Jersey Lottery is run by the U S state of New Jersey Its In house draw games are Pick 3 Pick 4 Jersey Cash 5 Pick 6 Quick Draw and Cash Pop Its multi jurisdictional draw games are Cash4Life Mega Millions and Powerball The Lottery also sells Fast Play and scratch off tickets The New Jersey Lottery is headquartered at One Lawrence Park Complex in Lawrence Township Mercer County 5 New Jersey Lottery CommissionNew Jersey Lottery logoAgency overviewFormedNovember 20 1969 1969 11 20 JurisdictionState of New Jersey U S HeadquartersLawrence Park Complex1333 Brunswick Avenue CircleTrenton NJ 08648 1 MottoAnything can happen in JerseyEmployees100Agency executivesJames Carey 2 Executive DirectorRobert J D Anton 4 ChairmanIan K Leonard 4 Vice ChairParent agencyNew Jersey Department of the TreasuryKey documentN J S A 5 9 1 3 WebsiteNJLottery comMain article Gambling in New Jersey The largest prize won on a ticket sold in New Jersey was for the March 30 2018 Mega Millions drawing The annuity value of the ticket was approximately 533 000 000 The ticket was sold in Riverdale Morris County 6 Contents 1 Current draw games 1 1 In house draw games 1 1 1 Pick 3 1 1 2 Pick 4 1 1 2 1 Fireball 1 1 3 Jersey Cash 5 Xtra 1 1 4 Pick 6 1 1 5 Quick Draw 1 1 6 Cash Pop 1 2 Multi jurisdictional games 1 2 1 Cash4Life 1 2 2 Mega Millions 1 2 3 Powerball 1 2 4 Cash annuity jackpot choice 1 3 Instant Games 1 4 Fast Play 2 Retired draw games 2 1 5 Card Lotto Cash 2 2 Lotzee 2 3 Lottery Bingo 2 4 Monopoly Millionaires Club 3 Drawings 3 1 Current hosts 3 2 Former hosts 4 References 5 External linksCurrent draw games editIn house draw games edit Pick 3 edit Pick 3 is a three digit draw game drawn twice daily 7 It began on May 22 1975 as a daily game and the nation s first game where players can choose their own numbers and play type Midday drawings were introduced in November 2001 It was originally known as Pick it the name changed to Pick 3 in 1987 to distinguish from the newer Pick 4 game The ways to win in the order of payouts from highest to lowest are 7 Straight Match all three digits exactly as they are drawn Wheel Match all three digits in any order and win the Straight prize This play type multiplies the wager amount by the number of straight combinations covered Box Match all three digits in any order Straight Box Match the winning numbers in the exact order to win the straight and the box prizes Match the winning numbers in any order to win the box prize Pair Match the first two or the last two numbers depending on the specific pair selected in the exact order to win Plays in pick 3 range from 0 50 to 5 and prizes range from 25 to 2 500 depending on the player s choice of play type and wager amount for each game As of November 14th 2022 the New Jersey Lottery pays winners fixed prize amounts to players who have pick 3 tickets that match the winning numbers for the play type they choose Prizes in pick 3 were awarded on a parimutuel basis prior to the November 14th 2022 drawings Pick 4 edit Pick 4 is a four digit draw game also drawn twice daily 8 It was introduced as a weekly game on July 9 1977 became a daily game and has been a twice daily game since November 2001 9 Price and play options for pick 4 are the same as the pick 3 game with prizes ranging from 25 to 25 000 depending on the player s choice for play type and how much they will pay for the game The prizes are paid on a fixed basis as of November 14th 2022 Prior to November 14 2022 players won a prize that was awarded to them on a parimutuel basis Fireball edit On February 27 2017 the Fireball feature was added to Pick 3 and Pick 4 replacing a play type that the NJ Lottery offered until February 19 2017 called So Close This Fireball feature gives players an additional opportunity to create winning combinations With Fireball players can replace one of the Lottery drawn Pick 3 or Pick 4 winning numbers with the Fireball number drawn for more ways to win for example if a player placed a 3 6 8 Straight bet and the winning numbers were 2 6 8 and the Fireball number was 3 the player would swap out the first number 2 with the Fireball number to match the numbers 3 6 8 and win the Fireball prize In addition player matching the winning numbers for their play type and the fireball number is the same as one of their numbers and the player matches the winning fireball combinations win the base game and any fireball prizes for each fireball combination for that play type for example if a player placed a 1 2 2 7 Straight bet with the fireball feature and the winning numbers were 1 2 2 7 and the fireball number was 2 they would win 3 times Adding Fireball doubles the cost of the play and can be added to any pick 3 or pick 4 play type 10 Jersey Cash 5 Xtra edit Jersey Cash 5 is a daily game that draws five balls numbered from 1 through 45 Drawings are held nightly and the cost is 1 per game The top prize matching all 5 numbers drawn is a progressive jackpot that starts at an estimated 100 000 The jackpot increases each day until a wager matches all 5 numbers drawn The jackpot amount is shared between each winning ticket if there is more than one 11 Jersey Cash 5 began on September 20 1992 as a pick 5 of 38 game Players won a parimutuel prize by matching at least three numbers The original version of Jersey Cash 5 did not have a rolling jackpot instead if no set of five numbers was a perfect match the first prize pool was added to second prize winners those who matched four of five numbers In September 2003 two numbers were added to make Jersey Cash 5 a 5 40 game and the top prize level was changed to a progressive jackpot 9 On September 14 2014 Jersey Cash 5 increased its field of numbers from 40 to 43 and became a 5 43 game Its estimated starting jackpot prize was also increased from 50 000 to 75 000 12 On June 29 2020 the starting jackpot was increased from 75 000 to 100 000 and increased its field of numbers from 43 to 45 13 On October 3 2016 the Xtra feature was added to Jersey Cash 5 This feature gives players the opportunity to multiply their non jackpot winnings up to 5 times by matching 3 or 4 out of 5 numbers If a player matches 2 out of 5 numbers with the Xtra feature they win 2 14 Pick 6 edit Pick 6 is drawn on Monday and Thursday evenings It draws six numbers from 1 through 46 Games cost 2 each The jackpot begins at 2 million annuity and increases by at least 100 000 per rollover until there is a 6 of 6 winner the jackpot prize is paid in a financial annuity over 30 years or the jackpot winner can choose the available cash option for such annuity The game requires players to choose how they want to be paid if they win the jackpot prize while playing the game 15 Pick 6 began on May 9 1980 as one of the first games of its kind in the US 9 It originally was a pick 6 hence the name of 36 numbers Players paid 1 for each game a winning ticket needed at least four correct numbers in a game In June 1984 it was changed to 6 39 then in February 1986 later went to a 6 42 matrix followed by an additional change to 6 46 in January 1989 making even higher jackpots possible Until 2000 drawings included a five digit bonus number an exact match entered the player into a special drawing where the top prize was 50 000 yearly in 20 installments with no cash option Although the Pick 6 cash option began in 1997 it applied only to the regular game choosing cash on a betslip then winning the top prize in the bonus drawing still meant receiving mandatory annuity payments 9 In September 2000 Pick 6 adopted the 6 49 format adding a 3 prize for matching three numbers Matching at least four numbers has always won a parimutuel prize 15 On January 15 2015 Pick 6 added its XTRA option an additional 1 per play per drawing Matching five four or three of the six numbers means the basic parimutuel prize is multiplied by the XTRA number The XTRA feature originally awarded a 2 prize for matching 2 of the six numbers drawn On April 7 2022 the game matrix scaled back to the 6 46 matrix the price increased to 2 per play and a new feature called Double Play added to the game giving players additional chance to win up to 250 000 with other prizes being reduced In addition to that the XTRA multiplier turned into an instant multiplier on every purchased ticket and a new 10x multiplier number added which gives players the chance to multiply any non jackpot prizes up to 10 times both for the regular Pick 6 and Double Play drawings 16 Quick Draw edit Quick Draw is a keno style draw game which was launched on July 17 2017 The game is drawn every four minutes from 5 00 a m to 2 00 a m Players choose 1 to 10 numbers spots per play It is drawn using a random number generator RNG The RNG draws 20 numbers from 1 through 80 Minimum play is 1 The 10 spot option has a top prize of 100 000 1 million on a 10 play Players also have the option of how many consecutive drawings up to 20 they wish to play Up until September 30 2018 Quick Draw was only offered at a limited number of lottery retailers who have an HDTV monitor showing each drawing 17 18 19 20 On October 1 2018 Quick Draw s Bullseye feature was launched giving players higher chances of winning During each drawing one of the 20 drawn numbers is randomly selected as the Bullseye number If a player matches the Bullseye number bigger prizes are won Players can add Bullseye to each play for double the amount of the bet per draw On the same day the Quick Draw ePlayslip was also launched where players can generate a bet slip by selecting their own numbers and bets through the NJ Lottery app Quick Draw is available through all New Jersey Lottery retailers with the live drawings displayed on each lottery terminal HDTV monitors the NJ Lottery app and website 21 22 23 On June 7 2021 the Multiplier feature was launched This feature gives lottery players the opportunity to multiply their winnings up to 10 times The Multiplier drawing takes place prior to each draw The cost to add the Multiplier to each play costs double the wager 24 25 Cash Pop edit The game launched on September 30 2019 citation needed Players select how much to wager 1 2 5 or 10 Players choose from 1 to 15 numbers the cover all option guarantees a win One number from 1 through 15 is drawn by an RNG Players can win anywhere from 5 to 250 times their wager with prizes ranging from 5 to 2 500 Winning numbers are shown on each lottery terminal HDTV monitors the New Jersey Lottery app and website Starting on Monday June 27 2022 Cash Pop drawings take place every 4 minutes instead of every 15 minutes to allow for more excitement in the game citation needed Multi jurisdictional games edit Cash4Life edit Main article Cash4Life On June 13 2014 New York and New Jersey began sales of Cash4Life which replaced Sweet Million in New York Games are 2 each The first drawing took place on June 16 The game has since expanded as of July 1 2019 the game is offered by nine state lotteries and is drawn nightly 26 Players choose 5 of 60 numbers in one field and 1 of 4 green Cash Ball numbers in the second field Drawings are held live from New Jersey every evening at 9 pm Eastern Time on Livestream The top prize is 1 000 per day for life while second prize is 1 000 per week both annuity tiers have a cash option 26 27 Unusually New Jersey requires players to choose cash or annuity when playing Cash4Life instead of after winning The cash option if chosen is binding while an annuity ticket can be changed to cash after winning On May 15 2017 Doubler NJ available only in New Jersey hence the name of the feature can be added to each Cash4Life play for 1 extra All non for Life prizes double winnings Doubler NJ applies to each 3 play on a ticket Mega Millions edit Main article Mega Millions On September 6 1996 six lotteries began a multi jurisdictional game then known as The Big Game In May 1999 the New Jersey Lottery became its first additional member The game became known as The Big Game Mega Millions in May 2002 a short time later The Big Game was dropped from the name Mega Millions starting jackpots is 15 million a cash option is available On January 31 2010 many MUSL members until then offering only Powerball joined Mega Millions likewise most Mega Millions members added Powerball New Jersey offered both games as of the cross sell expansion date The Megaplier option initially available only in Texas became available to Mega Millions players in New Jersey during January 2011 the deadline for the then 43 Mega Millions members to offer the Megaplier Mega Millions currently is played in 44 states the District of Columbia and the U S Virgin Islands Mega Millions is drawn live usually from Atlanta Powerball edit Main article Powerball Powerball is a multi lottery game which began in 1992 On October 13 2009 the Mega Millions consortium and Multi State Lottery Association MUSL reached an agreement in principle to cross sell Mega Millions and Powerball in U S lottery jurisdictions On January 7 2010 the New Jersey Lottery announced that it would join Powerball effective January 31 2010 on that date the 33 MUSL members were joined by 12 lotteries including New Jersey s that offered Mega Millions although some of the 45 lotteries did not add the other game on that date On March 13 2010 New Jersey became the first previously Mega Millions only jurisdiction to produce a jackpot ticket for Powerball after the cross sell expansion The annuity value of the jackpot was over 211 million the ticket was sold in Morris Plains Powerball s basic game has always had a 1 price a game with the Power Play option introduced in 2001 costs 2 On January 15 2012 the most recent format change for Powerball included a price increase games are 2 each or 3 with Power Play The minimum jackpot was doubled to 40 million a second prize game matching all five white balls but not also the Powerball wins 1 million or 2 million if Power Play was selected Powerball is drawn live usually from Florida its home base was Iowa until 2008 Cash annuity jackpot choice edit Unusually for Pick 6 as well as for Cash4Life Mega Millions and Powerball within New Jersey players must choose cash or annuity when playing instead of after winning The cash option if chosen is legally binding however a New Jersey generated annuity ticket that wins an annuity prize in any of these four games can be changed to cash Such winners are given a 60 day period upon claiming in which to make the choice There is no annuity option in Jersey Cash 5 as its jackpot shares are paid in lump sum Instant Games edit Since July 17 1975 the New Jersey has offered numerous scratchcard games called Instant Games with various price points prizes formats and themes 28 Fast Play edit The Lottery offered a form of instant win game known as Instant Match 29 Available as a 1 add on to Pick 3 Pick 4 and Jersey Cash 5 tickets the lottery terminal s random number generator produced a same sized set of numbers to the main game If any of the randomly generated numbers match the ticket s chosen numbers the player wins the indicated prize amount 29 In 2015 this was replaced by a series of games known as Fast Play which are instant games similar to a scratchcard but generated by the lottery terminal Cost and prize values vary between games One game Jersey Jackpot features a progressive jackpot 30 Retired draw games edit5 Card Lotto Cash edit The original version of the game was called 5 Card Lotto and was offered from January 11 1988 to September 18 1990 It was New Jersey Lottery s response to the initial wave of terminal based all cash lottery games with a higher prize potential than those offered in Pick 3 and Pick 4 games Rather than an all number field the game used 52 cards from a standard deck of playing cards The game was drawn twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays The winning combination was the five cards actually marked balls drawn Although a poker themed game poker hands four of a kind full house flush etc were not used to determine winning tickets Instead any game matching at least three of the five cards won a parimutuel prize A ticket with any game matching all five cards won or shared the cash jackpot which started at 200 000 and remained there until sales supported a higher top prize Unusual at the time 5 Card Lotto drawings were originally broadcast during the early afternoon before being shifted to evenings The game was revived as 5 Card Cash and was offered from May 16 2016 to May 3 2020 Each play cost 2 per quick pick and offered two plays with the same set of terminal generated playing cards The first play was called Win Now which was an instant match game similar to the Fast Play games by matching the cards to a poker hand Cash prizes ranged from 2 for a pair of jacks or better to 5000 for a royal flush The second play was called Win Tonight where a nightly jackpot drawing similar to the prior version of the game by matching at least two of the five cards drawn via random number generator would win a cash prize Matching all five drawn cards won 100 000 An additional 1 bet called All In added to the prizes for the Win Now play with a royal flush winning an additional progressive jackpot which started at 10 000 while a straight flush added 10 of the jackpot value to the prize 31 New Jersey Lottery officially ended 5 Card Cash on October 5 2020 The game had been temporarily suspended on May 4 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic but it never resumed play due to limited interest On October 16 2020 a new poker themed version of the game was launched as a Fast Play Progressive game 32 In addition any remaining amount for the All In prize pool was carried forward into the Fast Play progressive Jackpot 33 Lotzee edit Lotzee stylized LOTZEE was a game offered from June 14 1998 to September 13 2003 9 34 Originally drawn once a week on Saturdays it expanded with a Wednesday drawing before being discontinued It was unpopular with players who felt the rules which featured a combination of player and machine selected numbers were too complex and confusing The top prize was 500 000 cash although not a progressive jackpot the prize was split if there were multiple winners 34 A Player Could choose 4 out of 77 numbers numbered between 0 and 76 Lottery Bingo edit Lottery Bingo was a Pick 5 style game The release and end dates are unknown It was drawn only on Wednesdays The player needed to chose 1 number from each letter columns for example B15 I30 N45 G60 and O75 The drawing was used one machine with 5 bingo cages the first cage loaded with the B numbers the second with the I numbers and so on Players had to match all five bingo numbers in order to win a prize There were prizes for matching 2 3 or 4 numbers in order Drawings were held weekly Monopoly Millionaires Club edit Main article Monopoly Millionaires Club Monopoly Millionaires Club began on October 19 2014 Its only jackpot winner was purchased in New Jersey In December 2014 it was announced that due to low sales among the 23 members sales of the game were to be suspended 35 Drawings editThe New Jersey Network NJN aired live televised drawings twice a day seven days a week midday at 12 59 p m Eastern Time and nightly at 10 57 p m Eastern Time Also NJN aired the twice weekly Mega Millions drawings at 10 59 p m Eastern time every Tuesday and Friday night as well as the Monday Wednesday and Saturday Powerball drawings at the equivalent time On July 1 2011 the New Jersey Lottery became the first lottery in the nation to stream their drawings live from the New Jersey Lottery s headquarters on either the New Jersey Lottery s website or the New Jersey Lottery s Ustream channel On September 6 2011 drawings returned to broadcast on television on NJTV on a one hour tape delay the live drawings continue to be held at the Lottery s headquarters and broadcast online On June 4 2012 the live drawings from the New Jersey Lottery s Ustream channel moved to Livestream On January 1 2013 the New Jersey Lottery drawings returned to broadcast television The drawings were aired on WLNY channel 10 55 in northern New Jersey and WPSG TV channel 57 in southern New Jersey both of which are owned by CBS These are the first New Jersey Lottery drawings to be aired on commercial television 36 On July 1 2014 the New Jersey Lottery live drawings moved to WPIX channel 11 New York City and WPHL channel 17 Philadelphia both of which are formerly owned by Tribune Broadcasting On the same day Erica Young daughter of the late New Jersey Lottery draw host Hela Young was introduced as the lottery s new draw host 37 On May 11 2018 Erica Young hosted her final New Jersey Lottery drawing taking on a new position with the Lottery 38 On the same day the lottery announced that it would no longer televise midday drawings on WPIX amp WPHL 39 On May 14 2018 Lauren Berman was introduced as New Jersey Lottery s new draw host 40 On June 22 2020 the New Jersey State Lottery announced that it would no longer broadcast drawings on WPIX and WPHL but still live stream them on their website Facebook page Youtube channel and Livestream In addition the evening drawings moved from 7 57 pm to 10 57 pm 41 The Mega Millions and Powerball drawings continue to broadcast on WABC TV and WXTV DT in Spanish in New York and WTXF TV in Philadelphia although WABC TV occasionally airs the Powerball drawings particularly when the Powerball jackpot is significantly high 42 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the live drawings are hosted by unseen announcers All New Jersey Lottery drawings are held live from New Jersey Lottery Headquarters at Lawrence Park Complex in Trenton New Jersey Pick 3 Pick 4 Fireball Jersey Cash 5 and Pick 6 are drawn in Studio A The nightly Cash4Life drawings are held in Studio B 43 All NJ Lottery Drawings are under the observation of Mercadien P C a CPA and Asset Management firm Game Ticket Sales Cutoff Draw Days Draw TimesPick 3 amp Pick 4 Fireball 12 53pm amp 10 53pm Daily 12 59pm amp 10 57pmJersey Cash 5 Xtra 10 53pm Daily 10 57pmPick 6 10 53pm Monday amp Thursday 10 57pmCash4Life L 8 46pm 26 Daily 26 9pmMega Millions 10 45pm Tuesday amp Friday 11pmPowerball 10pm Monday Wednesday amp Saturday 10 59pm Live drawings take place on Livestream NJ Lottery s Facebook page and Youtube channel Live drawings take place on WABC TV on some occasions WXTV DT in Spanish and WTXF TV L Live drawings take place only on Livestream 44 Current hosts edit Lauren Berman 40 Jacqueline KnoxFormer hosts edit Kaitlyn Cunning 45 46 Carmen Delia Bryant Joe DeRose Renai Ellison Foster Krupa Dick LaRossa Meredith Orlow nee Parker Erica Young Hela YoungReferences edit nbsp New Jersey portal Contact Us New Jersey Lottery Retrieved September 27 2017 Treasurer Muoio Announces Appointment of AG s Office Veteran James Carey to Helm the New Jersey Lottery Press release Trenton New Jersey Department of the Treasury July 20 2018 New Jersey General Assembly N J S A 5 9 1 Statutes of New Jersey New Jersey a b https www njlottery com en us aboutus commissionandlegislation html tabNav lotteryCommission Contact Us New Jersey Lottery Retrieved on March 23 2009 533 Million Mega Millions Winner Meets the Press PDF NJ Lottery April 13 2018 a b Pick 3 New Jersey Lottery Pick 4 New Jersey Lottery a b c d e New Jersey Lottery history FIREBALL Gives Players Numbers More Firepower for the New Jersey Exclusive Pick 3 and Pick 4 Daily Games PDF NJ Lottery February 22 2017 JC5 Rules OFFICIAL 3 19 20 PDF New Jersey Lottery s Jersey Cash 5 page NJL 06 22 20 NJ Lottery Announces Changes to Core Games PDF https w njlottery com content dam portal pdfs drawgames JerseyCash5XTRA Addendum Rules pdf bare URL PDF a b New Jersey Lottery s Pick 6 Lotto page https www njlottery com en us newsandevents newsinput 2022 press releases P6 GameChange 033122 html https www njlottery com en us drawgames quickDraw html tab howToPlay https njs cdn lotteryservices com content dam portal pdfs drawgames Quick Draw Rules pdf bare URL PDF How to Play NJ Lottery Quick Draw mp4 https www njlottery com en us newsandevents newsinput 2017 press releases NJL QuickDraw 071717 html How to Play Quick Draw with BULLSEYE mp4 https www njlottery com en us playertools mobileapp html Quick Draw rules PDF Img 6070 PNG How to Play Quick Draw with MULTIPLIER mp4 a b c d https www njlottery com en us drawgames cash4life html tab howToPlay Cash4Life by CASH4LIFE New Jersey Lottery s Instant Games page a b New Jersey Lottery s Instant Match page Jersey Jackpot at njlottery com 5 Card Cash at njlottery com IMG 5234 JPG https www njlottery com en us newsandevents newsinput 2020 press releases FiveCC GameEnding 100220 html a b Jonathan Miller September 12 2003 Players Bid Lotzee Goodbye But Say It Won t Be Missed The New York Times Retrieved April 22 2011 The MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES CLUB LOTTERY GAME FINAL DRAWING WAS HELD ON December 26 2014 PDF NJ Lottery Retrieved 18 February 2015 Drucker Judith LIVE TELEVISION BROADCAST GIVES NEW JERSEY LOTTERY PLAYERS EVEN MORE WAYS TO WATCH THE WINNING NUMBER DRAWINGS New Jersey Lottery Archived from the original on 7 July 2013 Retrieved 15 May 2013 Behind the Ball Meet Erica Young mp4 A Personal Message from Erica Young mp4 https www njlottery com en us newsandevents newsinput 2018 press releases njl 051418 html a b https 1drv ms v s AptgyLLNTnZ9g75Bqy1B RCbl5ftQ permanent dead link NJL 06 22 20 NJ Lottery Announces Changes to Core Games PDF Mega Millions Drawing Time amp How to Watch Live on TV October 19 19 October 2018 NJ Lottery Studio Refresh mp4 https www njlottery com en us drawgames pick3 html tab howToPlay https 1drv ms u s AptgyLLNTnZ9g F74LGCcs9HfkFxaw permanent dead link https 1drv ms u s AptgyLLNTnZ9g F63 YxoS1QvuejIQ permanent dead link External links editNew Jersey Lottery official site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title New Jersey Lottery amp oldid 1182711127, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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