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A winning Cash 5 lottery ticket worth $225,000 was sold at the Wawa at Green Lane and Farragut Avenue this week.
The lottery said in a press release that the ticket correctly matched all five balls – 16-33-38-39-40 – to win a jackpot of $225,000, less 25 percent federal withholding.
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State lottery officials said the ticket was among 24,177 prizing-winning tickets sold across the state for Thursday’s drawing.
The Wawa will receive a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
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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A Trevose store sold a winning Powerball ticket worth $2 million in September.
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,
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In December, Levittown News & Tabacco owner Rakesh “Rocky” Raina sold a Powerball ticket worth $33 million to Bristol Township resident Roger Custer.
