Winning Powerball Ticket Worth $1 Million Nears Expiration

MIDDLETOWN, Pa., Oct. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Players, check your tickets: a $1 million prize-winning Powerball ticket sold in Washington County will soon expire.

The winning ticket was sold by Giant Eagle, 3701 Route 88, Finleyville, for the November 8, 2014 drawing. It correctly matched all five white balls drawn, 09-19-33-38-54, but not the red Powerball, 15, to win a prize of $1 million, less 25 percent federal withholding.

Because the ticket's one-year expiration date falls on a Sunday, a prize claim must be filed with the Lottery by Friday, November 6.

The Pennsylvania Lottery encourages claimants to sign the back of the ticket, call the Lottery at 717-702-8146 and file a timely 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. until 4:30 p.m. at area Lottery offices and from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. at headquarters.

By law, unclaimed, expired lottery prizes remain in the Lottery Fund and are used to support programs benefiting older Pennsylvanians. Although some lotteries give players only 90 or 180 days to claim a prize, the Pennsylvania Lottery allows prizes to be claimed up to one year from the drawing date.

Players are reminded to check every ticket, every time, at self-service scanners located at retailers and also found on Lottery self-service play terminals. The Lottery reminds players to sign tickets immediately upon their purchase for proof of ownership.

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 more than $25.8 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 players to check every ticket, every time. Players must be 18 or older. Please play responsibly. For help with a gambling problem, call 1-800-848-1880.

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