2Powerball shopper hits $1 million as wave of lottery wins sweep New Jersey

TRENTON, NJ — A quiet stop at a Rio Grande grocery store turned into a million-dollar moment for one lucky Powerball player, leading a string of seven major lottery wins across New Jersey totaling more than $2.1 million in under a week.

From Lakewood to Jersey City, winners claimed six-figure payouts across multiple games, including Powerball, scratch-offs, and Fast Play draws. The biggest single win came on Wednesday, when a Powerball ticket sold at Starns Village (ShopRite) in Rio Grande matched enough numbers to score a $1 million prize.

The second-largest prize was claimed in Jersey City, where a $250,000 Crossword scratch-off purchased at Lucky Deli on MLK Drive delivered a quarter-million-dollar payout on

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