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 Powerball player just missed the $176 million jackpot — but still scored a big windfall in North Carolina. The player bought a ticket that matched all but one number picked in the Sept. 18 drawing,

The New York Lottery announced the winning ticket for the Sept. 18 drawing matched four white balls and the red Powerball. It was sold at Hartley Pharmacy, located at 1219 Amsterdam Ave., in Manhattan.

No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery. One ticket was sold matching five numbers in New Jersey and is worth $1 million. The numbers drawn in Wednesday evening’s Powerball lottery were 1,