Event date: March 9, 2015

New Jersey Lottery Introduced the Winner of the Largest Single Instant Ticket Top-Prize in its History

New Jersey Lottery Executive Director Carole Hedinger introduced Lacey Katona from Linden, New Jersey, as the first winner of the largest instant ticket top-prize awarded in the lottery’s history. The $5,000,000 Cash Extravaganza game, with a top-prize of $5 million, was introduced to the public across the nearly 7,000 retailer base, on January 5. In addition to three top $5 million prizes, there are more than $179 million in additional prizes available to be won playing the game, including over $1.5 million in prizes ranging from $50 to $500 and over $15 million in prizes ranging from $1,000 to $50,000. The momentous new game coincided with the lottery brand refresh that includes the new Lottery tag line of, “Anything can happen in Jersey,” and indeed it has for Lacey Katona, a young mother.