MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – One winning ticket sold in Indiana County won a Cash 5 jackpot worth $225,000 for the Friday, December 23, drawing.
The ticket correctly matched all five balls, 09-15-21-25-30, to win a prize of $225,000, less applicable tax withholding.
The following retailer will receive a $500 bonus for selling the jackpot-winning ticket:
- Blairsville Pharmacy, 135 E. Market St., Blairsville, Indiana County.
Cash 5 produced another big winner on Saturday, December 24, when a $125,000 jackpot was won by a ticket sold in Allegheny County.
The ticket correctly matched all five balls, 05-11-12-23-43, to win a prize of $125,000, less applicable tax withholding. The winning ticket was sold by:
- Giant Eagle, 155 Town Center Drive, Wexford, Allegheny County.
The retailer earns a $500 selling bonus.
The prizes must be claimed and the tickets validated before the winners can be identified. Cash 5 winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes.
The Lottery encourages each holder of a jackpot-winning ticket to sign the back of the ticket, call the Lottery at 717-702-8146 and file a claim at any of Lottery’s seven area offices or at Lottery headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County.
Claims may be filed Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at area offices and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.at headquarters.
More than 58,300 other Cash 5 tickets won prizes of various amounts in the December 23 and 24 drawings creating “Winners, winners – everywhere!” Players should check every ticket, every time. Lower-tier prizes may be claimed at Lottery retailers.
In the 2015-16 fiscal year: In Allegheny County, the Pennsylvania Lottery awarded more than $247.6 million in prizes to winners and provided more than $131.9 million to programs that benefit older residents. In Indiana County, the Lottery awarded more than $18.2 million in prizes to winners and contributed more than $7.8 millionto programs serving the county’s older residents.
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