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Cash 5 Jackpot of $600,000 Won in Allegheny County

7/2/2015
 

Cash 5 Jackpot of $600,000 Won in Allegheny County

Middletown, PA – More than 60,000 Cash 5 tickets sold across Pennsylvania won prizes in the Wednesday, July 1, drawing, including a jackpot-winning ticket worth $600,000 that was purchased at Choice, 448 Pittsburgh St., Springdale, Allegheny County.

The ticket correctly matched all five balls, 09-12-19-21-37, to win a prize of $600,000, less 25 percent federal withholding.

The retailer will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the jackpot-winning ticket.

The prize must be claimed and the ticket validated before the winner can be identified. Cash 5 winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes.

The holder of any jackpot-winning ticket should immediately 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. Note: Lottery offices are closed July 3 in observance of Independence Day.

Players should check every ticket, every time.

In the 2013-14 fiscal year, in addition to awarding nearly $230.2 million in prizes to Allegheny County winners, the Pennsylvania Lottery contributed more than $129 million to programs serving the county’s older residents.

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. Chances of winning the jackpot prize are 1-in-962,598; the overall chances 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 more than $24.7 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.

For drawings results, winning numbers, winners’ stories and to subscribe to the Lottery’s RSS news feed, visit www.palottery.com. Like us on Facebook or follow us at www.twitter.com/palottery.

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