Winning Powerball® Tickets Sold in Chester and Montgomery Counties

Jackpot for July 31 Drawing Grows to $85 Million

MIDDLETOWN, Pa., July 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two winning Powerball tickets from the July 28 drawing were sold in Pennsylvania. A ticket worth $1 million was sold at Sunoco, 1165 West Chester Pike, West Chester, Chester County, and one worth $200,000 was sold at Willow Grove Gulf, 3500 Moreland Rd., Willow Grove, Montgomery County.

Both tickets correctly matched all five white balls, 01-11-20-25-27, but not the red Powerball 02.

The ticket sold in West Chester also purchased Power Play®, which multiplied the second-tier prize by five for a $1 million prize, less 25 percent federal withholding. The ticket sold in Willow Grove won a $200,000 second-tier prize, less 25 percent federal withholding.

Sunoco will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the $1 million ticket. Willow Grove Gulf will receive a $500 bonus for selling the $200,000 ticket.

Lottery officials cannot confirm the identity of the July 28 winners until the prizes are claimed and the tickets validated. No claims have yet been filed. Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes.

The Lottery encourages the holders of the winning tickets to sign the back of the tickets, call the Lottery at 717-702-8146 and file claims at Lottery headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County, or at any of Lottery's seven area offices.

Claims may be filed at headquarters Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at area offices.

The Powerball jackpot grew to an estimated annuity value of $85 million, or       $45.4 million cash, for the Saturday, July 31, drawing.  

How to play Powerball: Players pay $1 and select five white balls from the first set of 59 numbers plus a single red ball, the Powerball, from a second set of 39 numbers. Players may select their own numbers using a Powerball play slip, 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.

Powerball features an option called Power Play. For an extra $1 per Powerball play (game), players can multiply their Powerball prizes by 2, 3, 4, or 5 times the original prize amount for all prizes EXCEPT the jackpot. Prizes can multiply up to $1 million.

Powerball tickets are sold in 44 participating jurisdictions. Drawings are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

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: Veronica Sinclair-Anderson, 717-702-8008

SOURCE Pennsylvania Lottery