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Thursday, November 29, 2012

What Were the Winning Powerball Numbers?

The jackpot for Wednesday night's drawing was $588 million. There were two winners, according to Powerball.

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 …

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Powerball Jackpot $250 Million for Nov. 21 Drawing

A $2 ticket could win you $250 million in Wednesday's Powerball drawing.

The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $250 million after no one matched the winning numbers in Saturday night's drawing.  The next drawing in the multi-state lottery -- including Pennsylvania -- will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 21. A standard Powerball wager costs $2, but players can select a "Power Play" option for an additional $1 when purchasing the ticket. Power Play increases the cash prize for any winning combination that isn't a jackpot. The Powerball lottery is played in 42 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The absence of a winner Saturday increased the jackpot by $36 million. A Lehigh Valley man bought a winning $1 million Pa. Lottery ticket in September and a $2 million Powerball ticket was sold at a local …

Thursday, September 27, 2012

$1 Million Lottery Ticket Sold in Lehigh Valley

What would you do if you were the lucky winner of the $1 million lottery ticket sold in Lehigh Valley this week?

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. …

Taylor Sandra

4:30 am on Saturday, September 29, 2012

I Would pay all my overdue bills. Take my kids shopping. Fix my car. Start with a clean slate.   more ›

Monday, August 27, 2012

What Would You Do With $496,018?

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 …

StGabes

11:08 am on Saturday, September 1, 2012

I would buy a nice house with lots of land, pay my debt and put the rest in my kids college fund. (Hillsdale College) oh yeah and buy a long range rifle. Never know when you'll have to cap a zombie at 400 yards..   more ›

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Macungie Turkey Hill Seeking Winning Lottery Ticket Holder

The store was contacted by the state Wednesday morning with the news.

Did you buy a lottery ticket at Turkey Hill in Macungie on the night of Oct. 18? If so, you may be the winner of $250,000, said a representative of the store. "The Pennsylvania Lottery Board called us this morning to tell us that a winning 'Mega Millions' ticket was sold here last night," she said, "We had no idea." "Everybody's buzzing about it," she said, but so far no winner has come to the store to claim the winnings. The store is located at 141 W. Main St. Phone: 484-232-6183.

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