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Cash 5 Jackpot Split by Tickets Sold in Blair, Cambria Counties

10/14/2015

Cash 5 Jackpot Split by Tickets Sold in Blair, Cambria Counties

 

Middletown – Two winning tickets sold in Blair and Cambria counties split a $225,000 Cash 5 jackpot from the Tuesday, October 13, drawing.


Each ticket correctly matched all five balls, 06-08-10-13-29, to each win $112,500, less 25 percent federal withholding.

The selling locations will each receive a $500 bonus:

• Fefi’s Grocery, 130 E. 6th Ave. & Lloyd St., Altoona, Blair County;
• Puff N Snuff, 7447 Admiral Peary Highway, Cresson, Cambria County.

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 34,600 other Cash 5 tickets won prizes of various amounts in the drawing. Players should check every ticket, every time. Lower-tier prizes may be claimed at Lottery retailers.

In Blair County, the Pennsylvania Lottery awarded more than $38.7 million in prizes to winners and provided more than $16.1 million to programs that benefit older residents during the 2013-14 fiscal year. In Cambria County, the Lottery awarded more than $48.3 million in prizes and contributed more than $18.3 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. 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 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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