MIDDLETOWN, Pa., July 17, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A
Luzerne County retailer sold a
winning Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball® with Power Play® ticket
worth $100,000 for the Saturday, July 15, drawing.
The ticket correctly matched four of the five white balls drawn,
09-40-63-64-66, and the red Powerball 17, to win $100,000, less applicable withholding. It was
sold with the $1 Power Play® option,
which boosted the prize to $100,000
instead of $50,000 because the drawn
multiplier was two.
The retailer, Fuel On, 6 W. Butler Drive, Drums, earns a
$500 bonus for selling the winning
ticket.
Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball winners have one year from the
drawing date to claim prizes. Prizes must be claimed and winning
tickets validated before winners can be identified. The Lottery
encourages the holder of the winning ticket to sign the back of the
ticket, call the Lottery at 717-702-8146 and file a claim at the
nearest Lottery office.
More than 36,100 other PA Lottery Powerball tickets won prizes
of various amounts in the drawing, including 8,993 tickets
purchased with Power Play that won prizes multiplied by two.
Players should check every ticket, every time.
The Powerball jackpot rolled to an estimated annuity value of
$187 million, or $116.4 million cash, for the Wednesday, July 19, drawing.
In the 2015-16 fiscal year, in addition to awarding more than
$88.6 million in prizes to winners in
Luzerne County, the Pennsylvania
Lottery contributed more than $36.6
million to programs serving the county's older
residents.
How to play Powerball: Players pay $2 and select five white balls from the first set
of 69 numbers plus a single red ball, the Powerball, from a second
set of 26 numbers. Players may select their own numbers using a
Powerball playslip, or they may opt for computer-selected quick
picks. Players must match all five numbers drawn plus the Powerball
number to win the jackpot. There also are eight additional ways for
players to win a cash prize.
Purchasing the $1 Power Play
option allows a winner to increase lower-tier prizes by a factor of
2, 3, 4 or 5, depending on the Power Play number drawn. A 10X
multiplier is available whenever the jackpot is $150 million or less. The jackpot and the Match 5
prize are not multiplied by this number. The Match 5 prize with the
Power Play option is set at $2
million. It is $1 million
without Power Play.
About Us: 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
nearly $27 billion to fund property
tax and rent rebates, transportation, care services, prescription
assistance, and local services including senior centers and
meals.
Players must be 18 or older. Please play responsibly. Call
1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) for help with a compulsive gambling
problem.
Visit palottery.com for winning numbers, rules, chances of
winning, and to join the VIP Players Club for second chances to
win. Install our official mobile app, like us on Facebook and
follow us on Instagram and Twitter @PALottery.
MEDIA CONTACT: Lottery Media Relations, 717-702-8008
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