Friday, May 17, 2013
Grab a Powerball ticket while you're out running errands today and get in on a chance to win a $350 million cash payout.
Saturday night's Powerball jackpot has climbed to $550 million—the second highest Powerball prize of all time. A winner who matches all five numbers and the red Powerball can get a $350 million cash payout (before taxes). The Powerball drawing is held every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. The largest Powerball Jackpot cash payout to date was $384 million and was won in November 2012 in Arizona and Missouri. Here are some local places to buy Powerball tickets: Here's How to Play Powerball, according to the PA Lottery:
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 …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
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!
Monday, November 26, 2012
Powerball has reached a near-record prize of $425 million for Wednesday's drawing
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Monday, November 26, 2012
As the Powerball® jackpot has reached a game-record $425 million annuity value, or a $278.3 million cash prize, for the Wednesday, Nov. 28 drawing, the Pennsylvania Lottery today reminded its customers to play responsibly. Only one U.S. lottery jackpot has ever been larger: the $656 million Mega Millions jackpot on March 30, 2012, which was claimed as a $471 million cash prize. The current Powerball jackpot run began Oct. 6 and there have been 15 consecutive draws without a jackpot winner. A $2 million Powerball ticket was sold in the Lehigh Valley last month. Through Nov. 25, the Pennsylvania Lottery has seen more than $58 million in Powerball and Powerplay sales for the current jackpot run. Considering about 30 cents of each dollar …
Thursday, September 27, 2012
What would you do if you were the lucky winner of the $1 million lottery ticket sold in Lehigh Valley this week?
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
A Cash 5 lottery ticket worth $1 million was sold at Top Star Express on Hamilton Boulevard in Trexlertown, Lehigh County. Winner Ricky Robertson of Upper Macungie Township told WFMZ he plans to buy a new house and invest the rest of his winnings. The winning ticket matched all five balls - 02-13-20-41-42 - drawn Monday night. What would you do if you won $1 million? Tell us in the comments below. Federal tax of 25 percent will be deducted from the winnings. Top Star Express will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. This marks the second time in two months that a Lehigh Valley lottery player hit it big. An Emmaus man bought a ticket worth $496,018 in August. The Pennsylvania Lottery achieved record-high sales this year. …
Monday, August 27, 2012
An Emmaus man won almost half a million dollars in the Pennsylvania lottery. What would you do with that much money?
Robert Slusaw, 77, of Emmaus claimed the Cash 5 lottery ticket worth $496,018 that was sold at the Hess Express at 4002 Chestnut St. in Upper Milford, according to a story in the Express-Times. Patch asked Slusaw for an interview but he declined. So now we're asking you - what would you do with that much money if you were the lucky winner? Tell us in the comments section below. Slusaw will net about $372,014 after taxes, according to lottery officials. Hess Express receives a $500 bonus for selling the winning Pennsylvania Lottery ticket. The winning numbers were: 5-7-23-35-43. Lottery officials said that Lehigh County players won $42.2 million in state prizes in fiscal 2010-11. The Pennsylvania Lottery also contributed more than $25.8 …
Friday, August 24, 2012
A lottery ticket worth almost half-a-million dollars was sold last week at the Hess Express in Upper Milford.
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Friday, August 24, 2012
Robert Slusaw of Emmaus claimed the Cash 5 lottery ticket worth $496,018 sold at the Hess Express at 4002 Chestnut St. in Upper Milford last week, according to a story in the Express-Times. Slusaw will net about $372,014 after taxes, according to lottery officials. Hess Express receives a $500 bonus for selling the winning Pennsylvania Lottery ticket. The winning numbers were: 5-7-23-35-43. Lottery officials said that Lehigh County players won $42.2 million in state prizes in fiscal 2010-11. The Pennsylvania Lottery also contributed more than $25.8 million to programs serving the county's older residents.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Lucky number combination was selected at Hess gas station, state says.
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Happen to fill your gas tank at the Hess Express along Route 29 in Upper Milford Township earlier this week and ask them to print you out a Pennsylvania Lottery ticket? Did you skip the gas on Tuesday, but did you make it a point to play your favorite numbers at Hess, hoping to hit it lucky so you could quit your job? Either way, if you played the Cash 5 game at the 4002 Chestnut St. station in time for Tuesday's drawing, check those tickets. You may be a winner. According to the Pennsylvania Lottery, the winning ticket was sold at that gas station and convenience store. The winning ticket matched the five balls drawn: 05-07-23-35-43. The winner will receive $496,017.50, minus the 25 percent federal withholding tax. Ready to quit that job …
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Mike Shortall
5:27 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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