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Pennsylvania Lottery officials announced Thuesday morning that a Cash 5 ticket worth $700,000 was sold at the Country Farms location on Makefield Road in nearby Morrisville.
The lottery said in a press release that the ticket correctly matched all five balls – 20-23-26-36-39 – to win a jackpot of $700,000, less 25 percent federal withholding.
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The ticket was among 58,995 prize-winning tickets sold across the state for the Tuesday drawing, officials said.
Country Farms will earn a $5,000 selling bonus.
Information from officials on how to claim the prize:
Lottery officials cannot confirm the identity of the winner until the prize is claimed and the ticket is validated. Cash 5 winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes.
The holder of the winning ticket should promptly 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 at headquarters from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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State officials said the lottery awarded $86.9 million in prizes to Bucks County residents and contributed nearly $36.4 million.
A Trevose store sold a winning Powerball ticket worth $2 million in September.
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A winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million was sold in early August at the 7-Eleven gas station combo store at 1205 East Lincoln Highway in Middletown. No one has claimed the prize, a state lottery spokesperson said last month,
In December, Levittown News & Tabacco owner Rakesh “Rocky” Raina sold a Powerball ticket worth $33 million to Bristol Township resident Roger Custer.
