A multimillion-dollar-winning lottery ticket was sold at a local Turkey Hill on Thursday evening.
The jackpot-winning Match 6 Lotto ticket was sold at the Turkey Hill at 925 Main St. in Dickson City. It matched all six winning numbers, 13-22-23-29-33-39, for the grand prize of $3.1 million, minus 25 percent in federal taxes.
Pennsylvania Lottery officials have not yet confirmed the identity of the jackpot winner. Officials said Match 6 winners have one year from the drawing date to claim their prizes.
Hoping the store's "good luck" would bring her a new influx of cash, Pauline Bolcavitch drove from Jessup to purchase two Cash 5 lottery tickets.
"I don't even play on a regular basis, but I figured now would be a good time to start," Ms. Bolcavitch said. "Maybe we can get a winner two nights in a row."
The highest jackpot-winning prize ever awarded by the Pennsylvania Lottery was a $115.5 million Super 7 jackpot from April 26, 1989, shared among 14 winning tickets, Deputy Press Secretary for the Pennsylvania Lottery Allison Roberts said. The largest single-ticket jackpot-winning prize was a $110.2 million Powerball prize from May 8, 2004, Ms. Roberts said.
In November, Exeter Twp.'s Steven Lloyd won a $59.9 million Powerball jackpot.
The Dickson City retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket, according to Ms. Roberts.
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