Powerball

New Jersey does pretty well compared to other states when it comes to the number of its Powerball winners.

New Jersey State Lottery officials say a winning $50,000 Powerball ticket was purchased in the Cumberland County city of Bridgeton.

We always think we're going to win Powerball here in New Jersey, but are we among the luckiest Powerball states in America?

If you commute just outside of Ocean County, you definitely want to check your lottery numbers.

There's being lucky, and then there's really being lucky.

There's beyond lifechanging money on the line in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing. The jackpot in New Jersey is currently at $244 million.

New Jersey is on a big winning streak. Last Saturday, a million-dollar Powerball ticket was sold in the Garden State. Well, it's happened again.

Someone in New Jersey is a new millionaire.

Some of these numbers are totally insane! Imagine winning a few hundred million dollars?! What would you do with that money? How many houses would you buy? What kind of car would you drive? Where would you want to go on vacation? Would you still go to work? Who would you give money to?

The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $1 billion ahead of Friday night’s drawing after more than four months without a winner.

Thomas Cook and Joseph Feeney made a deal in 1992 that if either of them ever won a Powerball jackpot, they would split the winnings. So when Thomas won - they celebrated an early retirement. Source: UPI

The winning continues on the Jersey Shore for lottery winners. It seems each week we hear another story of a winning lottery ticket being sold in Ocean County. On June 15th, a $600k Jersey Cash 5 winning lottery ticket was sold in Seaside Heights, and as recently as a few weeks ago, a $2 million dollar winning Powerball ticket was sold at the Silverton Pharmacy in Toms River was still UNCLAIMED...