With a daily chance at some serious cash, every day could be your lucky day with Jersey Cash 5. The XTRA prize multipliers and straightforward gameplay makes Jersey Cash 5 a Jackpocket favorite.
Here’s everything you need to know to start playing—and (fingers-crossed) winning Jersey Cash 5. And when you're ready? Get your Jersey Cash 5 ticket right on the Jackpocket lottery app.
In a Nutshell
Jersey Cash 5 is a daily lottery game played and won in New Jersey.
Cost: $1.00 per play
Jackpot: Rolling jackpots start at $100,000.
Top prize winners on Jackpocket: 16
Drawings: Every night at approximately 10:57 pm.
Overall odds of winning any prize: 1:11 (with XTRA)
Biggest Jersey Cash 5 jackpot in history: $2.094 million won on May 26, 2023
New Jersey has a new big winner! 🎉
— Jackpocket (@Jackpocket) September 22, 2021
The winner usually sticks to playing Powerball and Mega Millions. However, he decided to play Jersey Cash 5 for the first time, and spoiler alert: it paid off!
Congrats on being the 4th Jackpocket player to hit the Jersey Cash 5 jackpot! 👏 pic.twitter.com/DnupJuIpqp
How to Play Jersey Cash 5
Pick five (5) numbers between 1-45. Try your lucky ones or use Quick Pick on the Jackpocket app for randomly-generated numbers. To win top prize, match 5 of 5 numbers.
What is XTRA?
XTRA is the random multiplier that you can add to your Jersey Cash 5 ticket for just $1 per play. You could multiply your non-jackpot prize by 2, 3, 4, or 5 times! XTRA also unlocks an extra prize level for matching 2 numbers, bumping your odds of winning any prize from 1:153 to 1:11.
Jersey Cash 5 Prizes & Odds
There are 4 ways to win a prize in Jersey Cash 5 ranging from $2 (if you play with XTRA) up to the jackpot.
For tickets without XTRA, you need to match at least 3 numbers to win a prize. Match 3 numbers for $15, 4 numbers for $500, and 5 numbers to hit the jackpot.
For tickets with XTRA, match just 2 numbers and you'll win a $2 prize!
| Jersey Cash 5 | XTRA | |||||
| Match | Odds | Prizes | X2 | X3 | X4 | X5 |
| 5 numbers | 1 in 1,221,759 | Jackpot* | - | - | - | - |
| 4 numbers | 1 in 6,109 | $500* | $1,000* | $1,500* | $2,000* | $2,500* |
| 3 numbers | 1 in 157 | 15* | $30* | $45* | $60* | $75* |
| 2 numbers | 1 in 22 | - | $2* | $2* | $2* | $2* |
| Overall Jersey Cash 5 Odds: 1:153 | Overall Odds with XTRA: 1:11 | |||||
Has Jackpocket ever had a Jersey Cash 5 grand prize winner?
Jackpocket users have won a whopping 16 top prizes in Jersey Cash 5 since we launched in New Jersey in 2019. The biggest win was $965,315 in 2021.
How do you claim a Jersey Cash 5 prize?
Jersey Cash 5 drawings are held every night at approximately 10:57 pm. If you’re a Jackpocket player, you get automatically notified by email after the drawing if you win.
For prizes $599.50 and under (the redemption threshold amount in New Jersey), Jackpocket instantly credits your account for the full amount.
If you win $599.50 or more, we arrange to have the ticket securely transferred to you so that you can claim your prize from the NJ state lottery.
If you bought your Jersey Cash 5 ticket in person from a brick-and-mortar retailer, check the NJ state lottery website for more information on how to claim your prize from a retailer or via a claim form with the New Jersey Lottery.
There are new greens in the Garden State! 💵
— Jackpocket (@Jackpocket) February 15, 2022
Luke is our 7th Jersey Cash 5 jackpot winner. How he plans on spending his 6-figure win? By spoiling his new dog. Congrats, Luke! 🐶👏 pic.twitter.com/ujC3kn15l5
Play Jersey Cash 5 on Jackpocket
Feeling like a soon-to-be Jersey Cash 5 champ? Head over to the Jackpocket app to join the next Jersey Cash 5 drawing and good luck!
