TRENTON, N.J. (AP) New Jersey lottery officials said the person who bought the lone winning ticket for the $429.6 million Powerball jackpot purchased just one ticket for the drawing.
The lottery’s executive director, Carole Hedinger, said Monday, May 9, that the ticket was purchased at a 7-Eleven store in Trenton. The customer spent $2 for single, manual plays for the drawings held May 4 and May 7, and spent an extra $1 on each ticket to get the “Power Play” option that multiplies the winnings.
The winning numbers were 5-25-26-44-66 and the Powerball number was 9.
The person who holds the ticket has not come forward. Hedinger recommended that the person sign the back of the ticket and bring it to the lottery headquarters in Trenton, where officials can hold the ticket and start the validation process.
The owner of the store where the ticket was sold received a $30,000 bonus.
Luis Sandoval sold the winning ticket and told NJ.com that when his co-workers told him the news he was “blown away.”
The jackpot is the sixth-largest in Powerball jackpot history.
