Pennsylvania Lottery News
Harrisburg Woman Wins $500,000 Top Prize from Pennsylvania Lottery
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A Harrisburg woman who won $500,000 cash, the top prize in the Pennsylvania Lottery's $10 instant ticket game, Glittering Diamonds, picked up her winnings today.
Secretary of Revenue Tom Wolf and Pennsylvania Lottery officials presented a ceremonial check to Janet Davis at the 7-Eleven on Walnut Street in Harrisburg where she bought her winning ticket on April 11. The store received a $500 bonus for the sale.
Davis, who is an accounts payable employee at Clark Transfer, said she purchases instant tickets occasionally, but only at the 7-Eleven.
As of May 6, two top Glittering Diamonds prizes of $500,000; four prizes of $250,000; and nine prizes of $25,000 remain in the game.
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 36 years ago, the Pennsylvania Lottery has contributed more than $17.4 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 care 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.
EDITOR'S NOTE: In the past fiscal year, Lottery players in Dauphin County won more than $46.4 million in prizes. The Pennsylvania Lottery contributed nearly $12.7 million to programs that benefited seniors in the county, and Lottery retailers in Dauphin County earned more than $4.2 million in commissions and bonuses.
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SOURCE Pennsylvania Lottery
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