Monday, April 8, 2013
The Hess station in Orefield sold another winning Powerball ticket, its third large jackpot-winning ticket, including a $1 million ticket in March and $371,000 ticket in February.
A Hess station in Orefield sold another winning Powerball ticket—this one worth $2 million from the April 6 drawing, the Pennsylvania Lottery announced Monday. The Hess station at 3640 Route 309 sold a $1 million prize-winning Powerball ticket for the March 23 drawing and a $371,000 ticket in February. The gas station will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling this latest winning ticket. The winner has not been identified, the lottery said. The April 6 winning ticket correctly matched all five white balls, 04-07-08-29-39, but not the red Powerball 24, and added Power Play, which sets the prize at $2 million, less 25 percent federal withholding, according to the lottery website. Without the Power Play option, the prize amount would have been…
Sunday, February 17, 2013
An extension filed through Friday will allow Corbett more time to consider options.
Gov. Tom Corbett's chance to accept a bid from a British firm to manage the Pennyslvania lottery was about to run out. Had it not extended its offer, the firm's $3.5-billion bid would have expired Saturday at 5 p.m. According to 6ABC, a "top budget aide to Gov. Tom Corbett" has announced the extension. The extra time is designed to allow Corbett's office more time to consider options. The changes come on the heels of last week's announcement by Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane who rejected Corbett' initial plan. "It is our duty to defend and protect the Constitution of our Commonwealth and that is what our office has done by declining this contract," Kane said on Friday. "She said the contract infringes on the Legislature's …
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Could privatizing the lottery mean fewer people will play?
Pennsylvanians do not want their lottery to be privatized, as Gov. Tom Corbett is proposing, according to a new Franklin & Marshall College Poll. The poll found that 47 percent of those polled strongly opposed the privatization with 17 somewhat opposing it. Only 7 percent were strongly in favor with 11 percent being somewhat in favor of the move. Most people polled, 75 percent, said they would play the lottery about the same amount as they do now if it were privatized, but a not insignificant number of people, 19 said they would play less frequently. The Franklin & Marshall College Poll interviewed 622 Pennsylvania voters between January 29 and February 3. The margin of error is reported as plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. A recent …
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
No one has claimed ticket, which was drawn Saturday, Pennsylvania Lottery Commission says.
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Tuesday, January 8
Someone in the Easton area -- or at least someone who shops there -- is sitting on a $1 million lottery ticket. The Pennsylvania Lottery says Ike's Exxon station in Wilson sold one of four $1 million tickets from the Jan. 5 drawing. Workers at Ike's said Monday afternoon they had no idea who bought the ticket. The store -- and any retailer who sells a winning $1 million ticket -- gets a $5,000 bonus. Whoever it was who won has a year to claim the prize at Pennsylvania Lottery headquarters in Dauphin County, the lottery said in a news release. The four winning numbers were 00023446, 00075876, 00158528 and 00222718. The other three tickets were sold in Cumberland, Lycoming and Jefferson counties, the lottery said.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
There were two Powerball winners who will share the $588 million jackpot in Wednesday night's lottery.
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
If you bought your Powerball ticket in Pennsylvania, you did not win last night's $588 million jackpot. Two winning tickets were sold in the Nov. 28 Powerball lottery, according to Powerball.com. Those tickets were sold in Arizona and Missouri. The winning Nov. 28 numbers were 5-16-22-23-29 with a Powerball of 6. In Pennsylvania, there were a total of 536,497 players who won a prize by matching some combination of numbers, according to the Powerball website's winners by state page. There was at least one "Match 5" winner of $1 million in the Keystone state. Each Powerball ticket costs $2. Players choose five numbers plus a sixth Powerball number. Players matching all six numbers can select an annuitized amount paid out over 29 years or a …
The Pennsylvania Powerball jackpot reached $579 million.
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
The Pennsylvania Powerball winning numbers are 5-16-22-23-29 and the Powerball number is 6. The jackpot is worth an estimated $579 million.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The Pennsylvania Lottery reported Powerball and Powerplay sales of approximately $20,000 per minute.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Continuing high-volume ticket sales have pushed the Powerball jackpot to a game-record $550 million annuity value, or a $360.2 million cash prize, for the Wednesday, Nov. 28 drawing. Just this morning the jackpot was $500 million annuity value, or a $327.4 million cash prize. Also at midday on Nov. 28, the Pennsylvania Lottery reported statewide Powerball and Powerplay sales volume of approximately $20,000 per minute. “Pennsylvania Lottery players are very excited about this record Powerball jackpot, and that excitement is being reflected in our ticket sales,” said Pennsylvania Lottery Executive Director Todd Rucci.“We urge our players to purchase their Powerball tickets early to avoid a last-minute rush, and to always play responsibly.” …
Pennsylvania is one of 42 states that offer Powerball lottery tickets, check out this list of Salisbury Township businesses that sell Pennsylvania lottery tickets.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The jackpot for Wednesday's Powerball lottery drawing has grown to $500 million, the largest in Powerball history. No one has won since Oct. 3. If you want a chance to break that streak, here are some Salisbury Township-area retailers that sell Pennsylvania Lottery products, including the $2 tickets for Powerball: Daisy Hill Market, 1848 E. Susquehanna St., Salisbury Township Bulldog Beverage, 1648 E. Emmaus Ave., Salisbury Township Shell Quick Stop Mini Market, 1132 S. Cedar Crest Blvd., Salisbury Township Cedar Crest Pharmacy, 1251 S. Cedar Crest. Blvd., Salisbury Township Giant, 3015 W. Emmaus Ave., Allentown Bottom Dollar Food Store, 2919 Lehigh St., Allentown To find other Powerball vendors in the Lehigh Valley, plug an address or zip…
A British company is the only bidder that has offered to manage the Pennsylvania Lottery
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s pursuit of privatizing management of the state lottery yielded only one interested party. The state received a bid from Camelot Global Services, which runs the National Lottery in the United Kingdom. Camelot estimates it would bring annual profit commitment of $12.1 billion in the first 10 years. Projections for a 20-year period, assuming a 27 percent mandated rate of return, would yield more than $34 billion in profits, according to the official bid tabulation. Department of Revenue press secretary Elizabeth Brassell said Wednesday the state had three qualified bidders in May. But two dropped out since then. One was interested in pursuing other commercial opportunities. The …
Patch wants to know if you're buying a ticket for tonight's big Powerball drawing
Tonight's Powerball jackpot is a whopping $500 million and ticket sales are expected to be busy today! Winning at least some money doesn't seem too far out of the question consideing that a $2 million Powerball ticket was sold in the Bethlehem area just last month. So are you investing $2 in a chance for millions? What would you do with the winnings? Tell us in the comments section below!
Mike Shortall
5:27 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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