New Jersey Lottery - wikipedia New Jersey Lottery New Jersey Lottery Commission New Jersey Lottery logo Agency overview Formed November 20, 1969 ( 1969 - 11 - 20 ) Jurisdiction State of New Jersey, U.S. Headquarters Lawrence Park Complex 1333 Brunswick Avenue Circle Trenton, NJ 08648 Motto Anything can happen in Jersey Employees 100 Agency executives Carole Hedinger, CPA, Executive Director Thomas Tucci, Jr., Chairman Frank V. Ragazzo, Vice Chairman Robert James D'Anton, Commissioner Parent agency New Jersey Department of the Treasury Key document N.J.S.A 5 : 9 - 1 Website NJLottery.com Main article : Gambling in New Jersey The New Jersey Lottery is run by the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its In - house draw games are : Pick - 3, Pick - 4, Jersey Cash 5, 5 Card Cash, Pick - 6, and Quick Draw. Its multi-jurisdictional draw games are : Cash4Life, Mega Millions, and Powerball. The Lottery also sells scratch tickets. The New Jersey Lottery is headquartered at One Lawrence Park Complex in Lawrence Township, Mercer County. New Jersey Lottery players must be at least 18 years old. The largest prize won on a ticket sold in New Jersey was for the May 7, 2016 Powerball drawing. The annuity value of the ticket was approximately $429,000,000. Pearlie Mae Smith, along with her seven adult children, all of Trenton, claimed the ticket on May 13, choosing the cash option. Contents 1 Current draw games 1.1 In - house draw games 1.1. 1 Pick - 3 1.1. 2 Pick - 4 1.1. 3 Jersey Cash 5 Xtra 1.1. 4 5 Card Cash 1.1. 5 Pick - 6 Xtra 1.1. 6 Quick Draw 1.2 Multi-jurisdictional games 1.2. 1 Cash4Life 1.2. 2 Mega Millions 1.2. 3 Powerball 1.3 Cash / annuity jackpot choice 1.4 Instant Games 1.5 Fast Play 2 Former games 2.1 Lotzee 2.2 Monopoly Millionaires ' Club 3 Drawings 3.1 Hosts 4 References 5 External links Current draw games In - house draw games Pick - 3 Pick - 3 is a three - digit draw game drawn twice daily. It began on May 22, 1975 as a daily game ; midday drawings were introduced in November 2001. It was originally known as Pick - it ; the name changed to Pick - 3 in 1987 to distinguish from the newer Pick - 4 game. The ways to win, in the order of payouts from highest to lowest, are : Straight - Matching all three digits exactly as they are drawn. Minimum play is 50 cents. Wheel - Match all three digits in any order and win the straight payout. Minimum play is $1.50 ( if two digits are the same, such as 211 ) or $3.00 for three different digits ( such as 123. ) Box - Matching all three digits in any order. Minimum play is 50 cents. Pair - A two - digit wager ; either the first and second digits, or the second and third ( last. ) Split - Also a two - digit wager, but with the first and last digits. Minimum play is 50 cents. Typically, the straight payout is over $250, and the box payout ( where the three digits are different ) averages $38. Unlike most lotteries, New Jersey pays winners of Pick - 3 and Pick - 4 on a parimutuel basis. Multiple wagers of the same number increase winnings. The most common Pick - 3 wager is Straight and Box combined for $1.00 ( sometimes known as a `` 50 - 50 '' bet. ) Pick - 4 Pick - 4 is a four - digit draw game also drawn twice daily. It was introduced as a weekly game on July 9, 1977, became a daily game, and has been a twice - daily game since November 2001. The ways to win, in the order of payouts from highest to lowest, are : Straight - Matching all four digits exactly. Minimum play is 50 cents. Box - Matching all four digits in any order. Minimum play is 50 cents. As in Pick - 3, the most common Pick - 4 wager is Straight and Box combined for $1.00 ( some players will make separate `` straight '' and `` box '' wagers for the same Pick - 4 number, so that the `` box '' wager, if won, can be collected without filling out a tax form. ) Typically, the straight payout is over $2,000. Multiple wagers of the same number increase winnings. Jersey cash 5 Xtra Jersey Cash 5 is a daily game that draws five balls numbered from 1 through 43. Drawings are held nightly, and the cost is $1 per game. The top prize ( matching all 5 numbers drawn ) is a progressive jackpot. that starts at $75,000 ( estimated ). The jackpot increases each day until a wager matches all 5 numbers drawn. The jackpot amount is shared between each winning ticket if there 's more than one. Jersey Cash 5 began on September 30, 1992 as a pick - 5 - of - 38 game. Players won a parimutuel prize by matching at least three numbers. The original version of Jersey Cash 5 did not have a rolling jackpot ; instead, if no set of five numbers was a perfect match, the first - prize pool was added to second prize winners ( those who matched four of five numbers. ) In September 2003, two numbers were added to make Jersey Cash 5 a 5 / 40 game, and the top prize level was changed to a progressive jackpot. On September 14, 2014, Jersey Cash 5 increased its field of numbers from 40 to 43. Now a 5 / 43 game, its estimated starting jackpot prize was also increased - from $50,000 to $75,000. On October 3, 2016, the `` Xtra '' feature was added to Jersey Cash 5. This feature gives players the opportunity to multiply their non-jackpot winnings up to 5 times by matching 3 or 4 out of 5 numbers. If a player matches 2 out of 5 numbers with the `` Xtra '' feature, they win $2. l. 5 Card cash A similar version of this game, called 5 Card Lotto, was offered from January 11, 1988 to September 18, 1990. It was the New Jersey Lottery 's response to the initial wave of terminal - based, all - cash, lottery games with a higher prize potential than those offered in pick - 3 and pick - 4 games. Rather than an all - number field, the game used the 52 cards from a standard deck of playing cards. The game was drawn twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays. The winning combination was the five `` cards '' ( actually marked balls ) drawn. Although a `` poker - themed '' game, poker hands ( four of a kind, full house, flush etc. ) were not used to determine winning tickets. Instead, any game matching at least three of the five cards won a parimutuel prize. A ticket with any game matching all five cards won ( or shared ) the cash jackpot, which started at $200,000 and remained there until sales supported a higher top prize. Unusual at the time, 5 Card Lotto drawings were originally broadcast during the early afternoon, before being shifted to evenings. On May 16, 2016, a new, similar game called `` 5 Card Cash '' began. Each play is a $2 quick pick, offering two plays with the same set of terminal - generated playing cards. The first play, called `` Win Now '', is an instant match game similar to the Fast Play games, where matching the cards to a poker hand wins a cash prize ranging from $2 ( for a pair of jacks or better ) to $5000 ( for a royal flush ). The second play, called `` Win Tonight '', is a nightly jackpot drawing similar to the prior version of the game, where matching at least two of the five drawn cards wins a prize, with matching all five winning $100,000. A $1 option, called `` All In '', adds to the prizes for the `` Win Now '' play, with a royal flush winning an additional progressive jackpot that starts at $10,000, while a straight flush adds 10 % of the jackpot value to the prize. Pick - 6 Xtra Pick - 6 Xtra is drawn on Monday and Thursday evenings. It draws six balls from 1 through 49. Games cost $1 each. The jackpot begins at $2 million ( annuitized with a cash option ) and increases by at least $200,000 per rollover until there is a 6 - of - 6 winner. Pick - 6 began on May 9, 1980 as one of the first games of its kind in the US. It originally was a pick - 6 ( hence the name ) of 39 numbers. Players paid $1 for each game ; a winning ticket needed at least four correct numbers in a game. It later went to a 6 / 42 matrix, followed by an additional change to 6 / 46 ; making even higher jackpots possible. Pick - 6, until 2000, also drew a five - digit `` bonus '' number ; an exact match entered the player into a special drawing where the top prize was $50,000 yearly in 20 installments, with no cash option. ( Although the Pick - 6 cash option began in 1997, it applied only to the `` regular '' game ; choosing `` cash '' on a betslip, then winning the top prize in the `` bonus '' drawing, still meant receiving mandatory annuity payments. ) In September 2000, Pick - 6 adopted its current 6 / 49 format, adding a $3 prize for matching three numbers. Matching at least four numbers has always won a parimutuel prize. On January 15, 2015, Pick - 6 added its `` XTRA '' option ( an additional $1 per play per drawing. ) Matching five, four, or three of the six numbers means the basic parimutuel prize is multiplied by the `` XTRA '' number. Matching two numbers wins back the $2 wager. Quick draw Quick Draw is a keno - style draw game which was launched on July 17, 2017. The game is drawn every five minutes from 5 : 00 a.m. to 2 : 00 a.m. Players choose 1 to 10 numbers ( spots ) per play. It is drawn using a random number generator ( RNG ). The RNG draws 20 numbers from 1 through 80. Minimum play is $1. The 10 - spot option has a top prize of $100,000 ( $1 million on a $10 play. ) Players also have the option of how many consecutive drawings ( up to 20 ) they wish to play. Quick Draw is offered at a limited number of lottery retailers ( who have an HDTV monitor ) showing each drawing. Multi-jurisdictional games Cash4Life Main article : Cash4Life On June 13, 2014 ; New York and New Jersey began sales of Cash4Life, which replaced Sweet Million in New York. Games are $2 each ; the first drawing took place on June 16. Players choose 5 of 60 numbers in one field, and 1 of 4 green `` Cash Ball '' numbers in the second field. Drawings are held live from New Jersey on Monday and Thursday evenings at 9pm Eastern Time on Livestream. The top prize is $1,000 per day for life, while second prize is $1,000 per week ; both annuity tiers have a cash option. Unusually, New Jersey requires players to choose cash or annuity when playing Cash4Life, instead of after winning. The cash option ( if chosen ) is binding, while an annuity ticket can be changed to cash after winning. As of April 2017, Cash4Life is available in nine states. On May 15, 2017, Doubler NJ ( available only in New Jersey, hence, the name of the feature ) can be added to each Cash4Life play for $1 extra. All non - `` for Life '' prizes double winnings. Doubler NJ applies to each $3 play on a ticket. Mega Millions Main article : Mega Millions On September 6, 1996, six lotteries began a multi-jurisdictional game, then known as The Big Game. In May 1999, the New Jersey Lottery became its first additional member. The game became known as The Big Game Mega Millions in May 2002 ; a short time later, The Big Game was dropped from the name. Mega Millions ' starting jackpots is $15 million ; a cash option is available. On January 31, 2010, many MUSL members ( until then offering only Powerball ) joined Mega Millions ; likewise, most Mega Millions members added Powerball ; New Jersey offered both games as of the cross-sell expansion date. The Megaplier option, initially available only in Texas, became available to Mega Millions players in New Jersey during January 2011, the deadline for the then 43 Mega Millions members to offer the Megaplier. Mega Millions currently is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Mega Millions is drawn live, usually from Atlanta. Powerball Main article : Powerball Powerball is a multi-lottery game which began in 1992. On October 13, 2009, the Mega Millions consortium and Multi-State Lottery Association ( MUSL ) reached an agreement in principle to cross-sell Mega Millions and Powerball in U.S. lottery jurisdictions. On January 7, 2010, the New Jersey Lottery announced that it would join Powerball, effective January 31, 2010 ; on that date, the 33 MUSL members were joined by 12 lotteries, including New Jersey 's, that offered Mega Millions, although some of the 45 lotteries did not add the `` other '' game on that date. On March 13, 2010, New Jersey became the first previously Mega Millions - only jurisdiction to produce a jackpot ticket for Powerball after the cross-sell expansion. The annuity value of the jackpot was over $211 million ; the ticket was sold in Morris Plains. Powerball 's basic game has always had a $1 price ; a game with the Power Play option ( introduced in 2001 ) costs $2. On January 15, 2012, the most recent format change for Powerball included a price increase ; games are $2 each, or $3 with Power Play. The minimum jackpot was doubled, to $40 million ; a second - prize game ( matching all five white balls, but not also the Powerball ) wins $1 million, or $2 million if Power Play was selected. Powerball is drawn live, usually from Florida ; its home base was Iowa until 2008. Cash / annuity jackpot choice Unusually, for Pick - 6 ( as well as for Cash4Life, Mega Millions, and Powerball within New Jersey ), players must choose cash or annuity when playing, instead of after winning. The cash option, if chosen, is legally binding ; however, a New Jersey - generated annuity ticket that wins an annuity prize in any of these four games can be changed to cash. Such winners are given a 60 - day period upon claiming in which to make the choice There is no annuity option in Jersey Cash 5, as its jackpot shares are paid in lump sum. Instant games Since July 17, 1975, the New Jersey has offered numerous scratchcard games, called `` Instant Games '', with various price points, prizes, formats and themes. Fast play The Lottery offered a form of instant win game known as Instant Match. Available as a $1 add - on to Pick - 3, Pick - 4 and Jersey Cash 5 tickets, the lottery terminal 's random number generator produced a same - sized set of numbers to the main game. If any of the randomly generated numbers match the ticket 's chosen numbers, the player wins the indicated prize amount. In 2015, this was replaced by a series of games known as Fast Play, which are instant games similar to a scratchcard, but generated by the lottery terminal. Cost and prize values vary between games. One game, Jersey Jackpot features a progressive jackpot. Former games Lotzee Lotzee ( stylized LOTZEE ) was a game offered from June 14, 1998 to September 13, 2003. Originally drawn once a week on Saturdays, it expanded with a Wednesday drawing before being discontinued. It was unpopular with players, who felt the rules, which featured a combination of player - and machine - selected numbers, were too complex and confusing. The top prize was $500,000 cash ; although not a progressive jackpot, the prize was split if there were multiple winners. MONOPOLY Millionaires ' Club Main article : Monopoly Millionaires ' Club Monopoly Millionaires ' Club began on October 19, 2014. Its only jackpot winner was purchased in New Jersey. In December 2014, it was announced that due to low sales among the 23 members, sales of the game were to be suspended. Drawings The New Jersey Network ( NJN ) aired live televised drawings twice a day, seven days a week ; midday at 12 : 57 p.m. ET, and nightly at 7 : 56 p.m. ET. Also, NJN aired the twice - weekly Mega Millions drawings at 10 : 59 PM every Tuesday and Friday night, as well as the Wednesday and Saturday Powerball drawings at the equivalent time. On July 1, 2011, the New Jersey Lottery became the first lottery in the nation to stream their drawings, live, from the New Jersey Lottery 's headquarters on either the New Jersey Lottery 's website or the New Jersey Lottery 's Ustream channel. On September 6, 2011, drawings returned to broadcast on television on NJTV on a one - hour tape delay ; the live drawings continue to be held at the Lottery 's headquarters and broadcast online. On June 4, 2012, the live drawings from the New Jersey Lottery 's Ustream channel moved to Livestream. On January 1, 2013 ; the New Jersey Lottery drawings returned to broadcast television. The drawings were shown on WLNY ( channel 10 / 55 ) in northern New Jersey, and WPSG - TV ( channel 57 ), in southern New Jersey, both of which are owned by CBS. These are the first New Jersey Lottery drawings to be aired on commercial television. On July 1, 2014, the New Jersey Lottery live drawings moved to WPIX / channel 11 ( New York City ) and WPHL / channel 17 ( Philadelphia ), both of which are owned by Tribune Broadcasting, with Erica Young serving as the hostess for the evening drawings. On May 12, 2018, New Jersey Lottery discontinued televising the midday drawings on broadcast television. All NJ Lottery drawings are held live from New Jersey Lottery Headquarters at Lawrence Park Complex in Trenton, New Jersey. Studio A houses the Pick 3, Pick 4, Jersey Cash 5 Xtra, and Pick 6 Xtra drawings. Studio B houses the Cash4Life drawings held on Monday & Thursday evenings. Studio C ( the RNG studio ) houses the 5 Card Cash drawings held nightly. Game Ticket Sales Cutoff Draw Days Draw Times Pick 3 & Pick 4 Fireball † ^ 12 : 53pm & 7 : 53pm Daily 12 : 57pm ^ & 7 : 57pm Jersey Cash 5 Xtra † ^ 7 : 53pm Daily 7 : 57pm 5 Card Cash ^ 7 : 53pm Daily 7 : 57pm Pick 6 Xtra † ^ 7 : 53pm Monday & Thursday 7 : 57pm Cash4Life L 8 : 45pm Monday & Thursday 9pm Mega Millions ‡ 10 : 45pm Tuesday & Friday 11pm Powerball ‡ 10pm Wednesday & Saturday 10 : 59pm † Live drawings take place on WPIX - TV and WPHL - TV. ‡ Live drawings take place on WABC - TV and WTXF - TV. ^ Live drawings take place on Livestream and NJ Lottery 's Facebook page. L Live drawings take place only on Livestream. Hosts Current Lauren Berman Jacqueline Knox Kaitlyn Cunning Former Erica Young Renai Ellison Joe DeRose Meredith Orlow ( née Parker ) Carmen Delia - Bryant Hela Yungst ( deceased ) Dick LaRossa References Jump up ^ https://www.njlottery.com/en-us/aboutus/contactus.html Jump up ^ New Jersey General Assembly. `` N.J.S.A. 5 : 9 - 1 ''. Statutes of New Jersey. New Jersey. Jump up ^ `` Contact Us. '' New Jersey Lottery. Retrieved on March 23, 2009. ^ Jump up to : New Jersey Lottery 's Pick - 3 page ^ Jump up to : New Jersey Lottery history ^ Jump up to : New Jersey Lottery 's Pick - 4 page ^ Jump up to : New Jersey Lottery 's Jersey Cash 5 page Jump up ^ https://w.njlottery.com/content/dam/portal/pdfs/drawgames/JerseyCash5XTRA-Addendum-Rules.pdf Jump up ^ https://njs-cdn.lotteryservices.com/content/dam/portal/pdfs/drawgames/5CardCashRules-OFFICIAL_5-16-16.pdf Jump up ^ 5 Card Cash at njlottery.com ^ Jump up to : New Jersey Lottery 's Pick - 6 Lotto page Jump up ^ https://www.njlottery.com/en-us/drawgames/quickDraw.html#tab-howToPlay Jump up ^ https://njs-cdn.lotteryservices.com/content/dam/portal/pdfs/drawgames/Quick_Draw_Rules.pdf Jump up ^ https://1drv.ms/v/s!AptgyLLNTnZ9g4UYvv_40YMRhfSNhQ Jump up ^ https://www.njlottery.com/en-us/newsandevents/newsinput/2017/press-releases/NJL_QuickDraw_071717.html Jump up ^ https://www.njlottery.com/en-us/drawgames/cash4life.html#tab-howToPlay Jump up ^ https://livestream.com/Cash4Life/events/5051567 Jump up ^ New Jersey Lottery 's Instant Games page ^ Jump up to : New Jersey Lottery 's Instant Match page Jump up ^ Jersey Jackpot at njlottery.com ^ Jump up to : Jonathan Miller ( September 12, 2003 ). `` Players Bid Lotzee Goodbye, But Say It Wo n't Be Missed ''. The New York Times. Retrieved April 22, 2011. Jump up ^ `` The MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES ' CLUB TM LOTTERY GAME FINAL DRAWING WAS HELD ON December 26, 2014 '' ( PDF ). NJ Lottery. Retrieved 18 February 2015. Jump up ^ Drucker, Judith. `` LIVE TELEVISION BROADCAST GIVES NEW JERSEY LOTTERY PLAYERS EVEN MORE WAYS TO WATCH THE WINNING NUMBER DRAWINGS ''. New Jersey Lottery. New Jersey Lottery. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013. Jump up ^ https://www.njlottery.com/en-us/newsandevents/newsinput/2018/press-releases/njl_051418.html Jump up ^ https://1drv.ms/v/s!AptgyLLNTnZ9gsAQiqFsC92_OQfigw Jump up ^ https://njs-cdn.lotteryservices.com/content/dam/portal/pdfs/drawgames/Pick-3_Fireball_Addendum_Rules_FINAL.pdf Jump up ^ `` NJ Lottery Live Midday Draw 10 / 25 / 2016 ''. Livestream. Retrieved 28 October 2016. 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Question: when did the lottery start in new jersey
Answer: November 20, 1969