Three Cash 5 Tickets Share More than $828,000 Jackpot on June 14
Middletown – A more than $828,000 Cash 5 jackpot for the Saturday, June 14, drawing was shared by three winning tickets. Each ticket correctly matched all five balls, 26-28-29-30-32, to win individual prizes of $276,270.50, less 25 percent federal withholding.
The jackpot-winning tickets for Saturday’s drawing were sold at these retailers:
• Rite Aid, 20 S. River St., Plains, Luzerne County;
• Giant Food Store, 500 Progress Ave., Pottsville, Schuylkill County; and
• ACME Market, 320 W. DeKalb Pike, King of Prussia, Montgomery County.
Each 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 jackpot-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 67,300 other Cash 5 tickets won prizes of various amounts in Saturday’s drawing.
In the 2012-13 fiscal year, in addition to awarding nearly $225.8 million in prizes to winners in Luzerne, Schuylkill and Montgomery counties, the Pennsylvania Lottery contributed more than $118.2 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 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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