Cash 5 Jackpot Winners Totaling Over $1 Million Sold in Mercer, Crawford and Blair Counties
Middletown, PA – Cash 5 awarded more than $1 million in jackpot prizes over the weekend.
One jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 ticket worth $800,000 from the Friday, June 19, drawing was sold in Mercer County. It correctly matched all five balls, 03-12-16-22-26, to win a prize of $800,000, less 25 percent federal withholding.
The retailer, Country Fair, 1843 S. Center St., Grove City, will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling this winning ticket.
In the Sunday, June 21, Cash 5 drawing, two winning tickets split a $225,000 jackpot. Each ticket correctly matched all five balls, 01-08-16-29-35, to win individual prizes of $112,500, less 25 percent federal withholding. These selling retailers will each receive a $500 bonus:
• Kwik Fill, 471 North St., Meadville, Crawford County; and
• Smoker’s Express, 2428 Union Ave., Altoona, Blair County.
Monday’s Cash 5 jackpot starts again at $125,000.
Prizes must be claimed and tickets validated before winners 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.
More than 123,400 other Cash 5 tickets won prizes of various amounts in the weekend drawings. Players should check every ticket, every time.
To review annual Lottery prize and benefits funding totals for each Pennsylvania county, visit palottery.com.
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 $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.
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