1Ocean County shopper scores $131K Fast Play jackpot from $5 ticket

Toms River, NJ – A spur-of-the-moment play turned into a six-figure windfall for an Ocean County resident who hit $131,917 in the New Jersey Lottery’s Fast Play Progressive game with a $5 ticket drawn Friday.

The winning Diamond Spectacular ticket, worth exactly half of the current jackpot, was sold at the Howard Johnson of Windham, located at 955 Hooper Avenue in Toms River, according to the New Jersey Lottery. The Fast Play Progressive pot has now grown to an estimated $158,000 as of Monday.

Fast Play Progressive games offer instant results, allowing players to find out immediately whether they’ve won. The prize amounts depend on the ticket price, with $10 tickets earning 100% of the current jackpot, $5 tickets earni

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