This fall and winter, folks in the Monmouth County area have a fairly new option when they get the itch to play — for some players, that itch occurs every day.

Check your tickets! A $500,000 lottery ticket was recently sold in Monmouth County for the Nov. 19 drawing. The winning Winter Green scratch-off ticket was sold at Red Bank Mart Inc., 220 Newman Spring Road,

You head to Atlantic City for a fun weekend getaway and return not only feeling refreshed but also as a big winner. That's exactly what happened to a Monmouth County woman who struck it big at Ocean Casino Resort. I recently spent the weekend at Ocean Casino Resort too, but unfortunately, I wasn’t the lucky one!

A lucky New Jersey lottery player hit a $1.3 million Jersey Cash 5 jackpot on Monday night. A ticket matched all five balls to win the $1,308,245 jackpot on Monday, Nov. 25, according to the New Jersey Lottery website.

A dozen lottery players in New Jersey won $10,000 or more last week playing Powerball and New Jersey Lottery games.

The winning $20 100X The Cash ticket was purchased on Monday at Green Farm on South Washington Avenue in Bergenfield , the state lottery announced. The ticket won 100% of the total jackpot. The New Jersey Lottery offers a variety of progressive jackpot games.

New Jersey Lottery players celebrated a winning streak last week, with 12 prizes of $10,000 or more claimed from Nov. 18 to Nov. 24. Among the biggest prizes were two $500,000 top wins, and over $2 million in total winnings,