The tickets for the $1.33M prize were sold in Bergen and Middlesex counties
Tickets sold in North Brunswick and Elmwood Park split a $1.33 million Jersey Cash 5 jackpot on Saturday. The holders of two Jersey Cash 5 tickets will split the game's largest jackpot of the year.
The winning tickets for the $1,330,192 prize were sold in the state's two most populous counties.
One was purchased in Bergen at All Star Food Wine & Liquor on Broadway in Elmwood Park; the other in Middlesex at Racemart on Route 1 south in North Brunswick, state lottery officials said.
Saturday's winning numbers were: 3, 25, 26, 29 and 32.
Each ticket holder will receive $665,096 before taxes are removed.
The last time a Cash 5 payout was larger came on Nov. 22, 2014 when winning tickets sold in Brick and Long Branch split a $1,582,562 jackpot.
In February, three winners shared a $1,155,801 prize.
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