Three Jackpot-Winning Cash 5 Tickets Each Win $225,000
MIDDLETOWN, Pa., March 31, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 tickets worth $225,000 each were sold in Lehigh, Schuylkill and Berks counties for the March 28 and March 30 drawings.
Two Cash 5 tickets split the $450,000 jackpot from the Friday, March 28, drawing. Each ticket correctly matched all five balls, 08-19-33-39-40, to win individual prizes of $225,000, less 25 percent federal withholding. They were sold by the following retailers:
- Kim's Market, 501 N. Sixth St., Allentown, Lehigh County; and
- Hometown Mini Mart, 9 Mahanoy Ave., Tamaqua, Schuylkill County.
Each retailer will receive a $500 selling bonus.
A Cash 5 ticket worth $225,000 from the Sunday, March 30, drawing was sold at Turkey Hill, 2432 Morgantown Road, Reading, Berks County. It correctly matched all five balls, 07-17-30-33-34, to win a jackpot of $225,000, less 25 percent federal withholding. The retailer will receive a $500 selling bonus.
The prizes must be claimed and the tickets validated before the winners can be identified. Cash 5 winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes.
The Lottery encourages each holder of a winning ticket to sign the back of the ticket, call the Lottery at 717-702-8146 and file a claim at any of Lottery's seven area offices or at Lottery headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County.
Claims may be filed Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at area offices and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at headquarters.
More than 88,000 other Cash 5 tickets won prizes of various amounts in the March 28, March 29 and March 30 drawings. Players should check every ticket, every time.
In the 2012-13 fiscal year, in addition to awarding more than $158.9 million in prizes to winners in Lehigh, Schuylkill and Berks counties, the Pennsylvania Lottery contributed more than $78 million to programs serving older residents of those counties.
How to play Cash 5: To play Cash 5, players pay $1 and select five numbers from 1 to 43. Players may select their own numbers using a Cash 5 playslip, or they may opt for computer-selected quick picks. Players must match all five numbers drawn to win the jackpot. Players also win prizes for matching two, three or four winning numbers. Cash 5 drawings are held seven nights a week, and tickets can be purchased up to seven draws (one week) in advance. Odds of winning the jackpot prize are 1-in-962,598; the overall odds of winning any prize are about 1-in-10.5.
About the Pennsylvania Lottery: The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state lottery that designates all its proceeds to programs that benefit older residents. Since its inception in 1971, the Pennsylvania Lottery has contributed nearly $23.7 billion to programs that include property tax and rent rebates; free transit and reduced-fare shared rides; the low-cost prescription drug programs PACE and PACENET; long-term living services; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including full- and part-time senior centers throughout the state.
The Pennsylvania Lottery reminds its players to play responsibly and to check every ticket, every time. Players must be 18 or older.
For drawings results, winning numbers, winners' stories and to subscribe to the Lottery's RSS news feed, visit www.palottery.com. Also log in to Facebook and like us at www.facebook.com/palottery or follow us at www.twitter.com/palottery.
Media contact: Lauren Bottaro or Gary Miller, 717-702-8008
SOURCE Pennsylvania Lottery
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