Winning Tickets Sold in Pike, Erie Counties

MIDDLETOWN, Pa., June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two jackpot-winning Cash 5 tickets worth more than $711,000 each from the June 11 drawing were sold at the following locations:

     --  Lake Store, 1019 Route 390, Promised Land, Greentown, Pike County; and     --  Stop N Go, 34 W. Eighth St., Erie. 

Each ticket correctly matched all five balls, 15-17-19-25-30, to split a jackpot of $1,422,602 and win individual prizes of $711,301, less 25 percent federal withholding.

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

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 Lottery headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County, or at any of Lottery's seven area offices.

Claims may be filed at headquarters Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at area offices.

In the 2010-11 fiscal year, in addition to awarding nearly $4.6 million and more than $42.2 million in prizes to Pike and Erie county winners, respectively, the Pennsylvania Lottery contributed nearly $3 million to programs that benefited older residents of Pike County and nearly $23.6 million to programs serving Erie 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 nearly $21.5 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 its players to play responsibly. Players must be 18 or older.

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Media contact: Lauren Piccolo, 717-702-8008

SOURCE Pennsylvania Lottery