MIDDLETOWN, Pa., July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Lottery retailers in Bucks, Lackawanna, Philadelphia and Westmoreland counties sold the four $1 million top-prize winning tickets from the Lottery's July 4 Millionaire Raffle drawing.

Top-prize winning tickets were sold at Acme Market, 808 E. Street Rd., Warminster, Bucks County; Gerrity's Supermarket, 320 Meadow Ave., Scranton, Lackawanna County; Latrobe Center Distributing, Inc., 1032 Latrobe Thirty Plaza St., Latrobe, Westmoreland County; and SN Food Mart, 80 E. Oregon Ave., Philadelphia. Each store will receive a $5,000 selling bonus.

Lottery officials cannot confirm the identity of a top-prize winner until the prize is claimed and the ticket is validated. No raffle top-prizes have yet been claimed. Pennsylvania Lottery raffle winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes.

The four $1 million top-prize raffle ticket numbers selected were: 00101931, 00201179, 00364562 and 00381511. The four $100,000 raffle ticket numbers were: 00038421, 00118345, 00309508 and 00351240. A complete list of all 6,000 winning raffle ticket numbers is available at Lottery retail locations and at www.palottery.com.

The four $1 million top-prize raffle ticket numbers; four $100,000 second-prize ticket numbers; 100 prizes of $1,000 each; and 5,892 prizes of $100 each - a total of 6,000 prizes - came from a pool of 500,000 tickets sold between April 27 and July 4.

The $1 million top-prizes must be claimed by presenting a winning ticket at Pennsylvania Lottery headquarters, 1200 Fulling Mill Rd., Middletown, or at any of the Lottery's seven regional offices. A list of area offices is available at www.palottery.com. Claims may be filed Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lottery headquarters and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at regional offices.

Claims for the $100,000 prizes may be filed at any of the Lottery's seven regional offices or at any licensed Pennsylvania Lottery retailer. Holders of Millionaire Raffle tickets worth $1,000 and $100 can claim winnings at local Lottery retailers.

The Lottery estimates the 500,000 tickets sold for this raffle generated approximately $3.6 million in profits for programs benefiting older Pennsylvanians.

This was the eighth Millionaire Raffle drawing. For a list of top-prize winners from the previous seven Millionaire Raffle drawings, visit the winner's circle at www.palottery.com.

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 37 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 www.palottery.com.

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