Pennsylvania Lottery's Cash 5 Game Produces Eight Jackpot Winners in Five Days

MIDDLETOWN, Pa., March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Cash 5 jackpot has been hit five nights in a row, and eight winners will receive a total of $1,086,479 in winnings from the March 11-15 drawings.

"Pennsylvania's Cash 5 game continues to be extremely popular with our players," said Lottery Executive Director Ed Trees. "Seven nights a week, Pennsylvania players have a chance at a jackpot that starts at $125,000 cash."

Since March 11, Cash 5 has had jackpot winners every night for five consecutive drawings. This is the first time Cash 5 has had five jackpots hit in a row since Nov. 10-14, 2007.

The following locations have sold Cash 5 jackpot winning tickets in the past five days:

• March 11:  Giant Food Store, 330 Marketplace Blvd., Selinsgrove, Snyder County – $586,479
• March 12:  Sunoco, 812 Huntingdon Pike, Rockledge, Montgomery County –$62,500
• March 12:  Giant Food Store, 967 S. Township Line Rd., Royersford, Montgomery County – $62,500
• March 13:  Charlotte's Deli LLC, 501 Allen Ave., Donora, Washington County – $62,500
• March 13:  7-Eleven, 11 E. Susquehanna St., Allentown, Lehigh County – $62,500
• March 14:  Sheetz, 356 New Castle Rd., Butler, Butler County – $125,000
• March 15:  Suburban Dry Cleaners, 1136 Thorn Run Rd., Coraopolis, Allegheny County – $62,500
• March 15:  Exxon Harleysville Shoppe, Routes 63 and 113, Harleysville, Montgomery County – $62,500

Lottery officials cannot confirm the identities of the jackpot winners until the prizes are claimed and tickets are validated. No claims have yet been filed. Cash 5 winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes.

Cash 5 is the Pennsylvania Lottery's longest-running jackpot game; it debuted in 1992 as a weekly game; it became a nightly game in 1998.

How to play Cash 5: To play Cash 5, players pay $1 and select five numbers from 1 to 43. Players may select their own numbers using a Cash 5 play slip, or they may opt for computer-selected quick picks. Players must match all five numbers drawn to win the jackpot. Players also win prizes for matching two, three or four winning numbers. Cash 5 drawings are held seven nights a week, and tickets can be purchased up to seven draws (one week) in advance. Odds of winning the jackpot prize are 1-in-962,598; the overall odds of winning any prize are 1-in-10.5.

About the Pennsylvania Lottery: The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state lottery that designates all its proceeds to programs that benefit older residents. Since its inception 38 years ago, the Pennsylvania Lottery has contributed more than $19.2 billion to programs that include property tax and rent rebates; free and reduced-fare transit; the low-cost prescription drug programs PACE and PACENET; long-term living services; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including more than 600 full- and part-time senior centers throughout the state. The Pennsylvania Lottery reminds its players to play responsibly. Players must be 18 or older.

For more information on the Pennsylvania Lottery, visit www.palottery.com.

Media contact: Kirstin Alvanitakis, 717-702-8008

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