NEW JERSEY – It may have just been April Fools’ Day, but this is no joke: Of the more than 200 New Jersey Lottery Plays in the first quarter of 2025, 14 won at least $1 million.
The Garden State saw a total of 207 players covering all 21 counties win prizes of at least $10,000 in the first three months of the year. The map highlighting the locations of the winners can be found at NJLottery.com/Winners.
Notable findings:
- All 21 of New Jersey’s counties are represented. Essex had the most with 26. Middlesex led the central region with 22 and Burlington and Camden led the southern counties with eight each.
- There were 14 prizes of at least $1 Million, representing eight counties covering all New Jersey’s regions.
- The biggest win was a $32 million Pick-6 ticket drawn Jan. 20 at Quick Mart, 665 Bennetts Mills Road in Ocean County’s Jackson Township. Another Pick-6 jackpot was hit exactly one month later on Feb. 20, $5.5 Million at Clark Cardsmart, 170 Westfield Ave. in Union County.
Scratch-Off Games recorded five winners of at least $1 million:
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- A $4 million prize Jan. 23 in the 200X Cash Blitz in Bergen County;
- A $2 million top prize Jan. 16 in the Millionaire Marker in Bergen County;
- A $1 million top prize Feb. 11 in the $1,000,000 Ultimate Spectacular in Middlesex County;
- A $1 million top prize March 14 in the Mega Hot 7’s in Mercer County;
- A $1 million top prize March 27 in the $1,000,000 Spectacular in Warren County.
Two of New Jersey’s six communities named Washington won big: A $1.6 million Cash 5 jackpot on Jan. 28 in Warren County’s Washington Borough and a $100,000 Scratch-Off win Jan. 22 in Bergen’s Washington Township.
