A lucky New Jersey lottery player won $1 million on a $10 scratch-off ticket. The New Jersey Lottery posted on social meda Friday that the first top prize was won in the 1,000,000 Spectacular scratch-off game.

While playing Powerball can be thrilling, it’s important to note the odds: the chances of winning the jackpot are 292,201,338-to-1, and the odds of matching all five white balls are 11,688,053-to-1.

The winning million-dollar ticket was sold at Variedades Ecualatinas on Ferry Street in Newark in Essex County, the New Jersey Lottery announced. In addition, other lottery players in NJ won $150,444 in prizes ranging from $4 to $400.

The Powerball has made another New Jersey millionaire.A ticket from Wednesday's, Sept. 18 drawing matched the five Power Balls drawn: 1, 11, 22, 47, and 68. It did not match the Red Power Ball, 7. The

A lottery player in Essex County won the $1,000,000 second-tier prize in the Wednesday, Sept. 18, Powerball drawing.

A Powerball player just missed the $176 million jackpot but still won a big prize in Washington. The lottery player won $50,000 during the Sept. 18 drawing, according to Washington’s Lottery. They matched four white balls and the red Powerball,

The lucky Powerball winner made the purchase at Variedades Ecualatinas on Ferry Street in the Ironbound section of the state’s largest city. The ticket matched five numbers but not the Powerball and was the only second-prize ticket bought in the country for last night’s drawing.