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$1M Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in Orefield

A $1 million winning Powerball ticket from Saturday night's drawing was sold at the Hess Express, located at 3640 Route 309 in Orefield.

Two jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball tickets worth a combined $2 million were sold in Lehigh and Montgomery counties, according to Pennsylvania Lottery officials.

A winning $1 million ticket from Saturday night's drawing was sold at the Hess Express location at 3640 Route 309 in Orefield. Last month, the store sold a

Another $1 million winning Powerball ticket was sold at 7-Eleven, 255 W. Horsham Road, Horsham, Montgomery County.

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Each winning ticket correctly matched all five white balls, 17-29-31-52-53, but not the red Powerball 31, to win individual prizes of $1 million, less 25 percent federal withholding.

Each retailer will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling a winning ticket.

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Lottery officials cannot confirm the identities of the winners until the prizes are claimed and the tickets are validated. Cash 5 winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes.

The Lottery encourages each holder of a 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.

In fiscal year 2011-12, the Pennsylvania Lottery awarded a total of nearly $145.4 million in prizes to winners in Lehigh and Montgomery counties. The Lottery also contributed more than $75.9 million to programs that benefited older residents of those counties.

 


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