NJ Powerball Winners Take Home $1M Ahead Of Huge Jackpot

What would you do if you won the lottery?

Personally, and I'm boring here, I would pay off my mortgage, the last little bit of my student loans, and then invest the rest of it into safe investments.

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Not fun.

But maybe you'd go all out and buy the fancy cars, big houses, and live it up for a while.

The Powerball Jackpot Soars Over 1 Billion Dollars

Right now, Jersey is in the middle of some serious lottery fever, with the Powerball consistently getting bigger and bigger. Currently, it's well over One Billion Dollars!

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And trust me, I'm one of the millions of people trying to beat the odds.

Two New Jersey Players Just Became Millionaires

Two people in Jersey are now Millionaires, thanks to the Powerball. Just because they didn't win the jackpot doesn't mean they didn't win.

When you play the Powerball, there are a few ways to win.

You can match all five white balls and win one million dollars. If you add the multiplier, those winnings then become two million dollars.

Monday Night's Winning Powerball Numbers

Monday night's winning numbers were 8, 23, 25, 40, and 53 with a Powerball of 5.

Now, no one won the estimated 1.3 Billion Dollar jackpot, but Lady Luck did wave her wand over the Garden State, and two people from Jersey did match all 5 winning numbers, minus the Powerball, according to NJ.com.

This means they each won one million dollars. Which between you and me is enough for me to get where I need to be in life!

The next Powerball drawing is going to be on Wednesday, and if you took the lump sum payout, you'd be looking at about an extra 550 million in your bank account.