MIDDLETOWN, Pa., Oct. 6 PA-Powerball-lottery
MIDDLETOWN, Pa., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Lottery officials today announced the sole winning ticket of a $20 million, Oct. 4, Powerball(R) jackpot was sold at a Lansdowne, Delaware County, restaurant.
"We are pleased to announce that Lansdowne Restaurant sold the winning ticket from Saturday night's drawing," said Ed Trees, executive director of the Pennsylvania Lottery. "This is the 11th jackpot-winning Powerball ticket the Pennsylvania Lottery has sold since it joined the game in 2002."
Saturday's winning ticket matched all five white balls, 01-04-26-32-39, and the red Powerball number, 18. The winning ticket has an annuity value of $20 million and a cash value of $10.28 million, less 25 percent federal withholding.
Powerball winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes. Each jackpot winner has 60 days from the date he or she claims the prize to decide between 30 annuity payments over a period of 29 years, or a one-time cash payment.
Lottery officials cannot confirm the identity of the Oct. 4 Powerball jackpot winner until the prize is claimed and the ticket is validated. At this time, no claim has been filed.
The Lottery encourages the holder of the winning Powerball ticket to sign the back of the ticket, contact a financial advisor, then contact the PA Lottery at (717) 702-8146. Powerball jackpot prizes must be claimed at Lottery headquarters, 1200 Fulling Mill Road, Middletown, Dauphin County. Claims may be filed Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Lansdowne Restaurant, at Baltimore and Lansdowne avenues, will receive a $100,000 bonus for selling the winning jackpot ticket.
The Powerball jackpot returns to an estimated $15 million annuity and an estimated $7.4 million cash prize for the Wednesday, Oct. 8 drawing.
Powerball tickets are sold in 29 states, the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands.
How to play Powerball: To play Powerball, players pay $1 and select five white balls from the first set of 55 numbers plus a single red ball, the Powerball, from a second set of 42 numbers. Players may select their own numbers using Powerball play slips, or they may opt for computer-selected quick picks. Players must match all five numbers drawn plus the Powerball number to win the jackpot. There also are eight additional ways for players to win cash prizes.
Powerball features an option called PowerPlay. For an extra $1 per Powerball play (game), players can multiply their Powerball prizes by 2, 3, 4 or 5 times the original prize amount for all prizes except the jackpot. Prizes can multiply up to $1 million.
About the Pennsylvania Lottery: The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only U.S. lottery that designates all its proceeds to programs that benefit older residents. Since its inception 36 years ago, the Pennsylvania Lottery has contributed more than $18.3 billion to programs that include property tax and rent rebates; free and reduced-fare transit; the low-cost prescription drug programs PACE and PACENET; long-term care services; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including more than 600 full- and part-time senior centers throughout the state. The Pennsylvania Lottery reminds its players to play responsibly. Players must be 18 or older.
For more information on the Pennsylvania Lottery, visit http://www.palottery.com.
SOURCE Pennsylvania Lottery
