Whitehall shop sells winning lottery ticket
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A Pennsylvania Lottery retailer in Lehigh County sold a Powerball with Power Play ticket worth $200,000 for the Jan. 29 drawing.
One Stop Shoppe, 1190 Mickley Road, Whitehall, earns a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
The ticket matched four of the five white balls drawn, 2-15-38-54-65, and the red Powerball 11 to win $200,000, less applicable withholding.
Without the $1 Power Play option, the ticket would have been worth $50,000. The Power Play multiplier drawn was four.
Winners are not known until prizes are claimed and tickets are validated. Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes. The holder of the winning ticket should sign the back of the ticket and contact the nearest lottery office.
More than 26,700 other Powerball tickets won prizes of various amounts in the drawing, including more than 7,000 tickets purchased with Power Play and more than 3,600 tickets purchased with Double Play. Players should check every ticket every time.
The Powerball jackpot rolled to an estimated annuity value of $113 million, or $77.8 million cash, for the next drawing, which was Jan. 31.
Pennsylvania Lottery players have options to purchase their Powerball tickets online or by visiting a retailer. Players can find lottery-selling locations closest to them by visiting the Find a Retailer section of the lottery’s website.
The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state lottery to direct all proceeds to programs that benefit older residents. Since ticket sales began in 1972, it has contributed more than $32.6 billion to fund property tax and rent rebates, transportation, care services, prescription assistance and local services including senior centers and meals.
Visit the Winners and Benefits pages at palottery.com to review how much money each county receives in lottery prizes and funding to benefit older Pennsylvanians.
Players must be 18 or older. Call 1-800-426-2537 for help with a compulsive gambling problem.