$50 Million Jackpot! Pennsylvania Lottery's Super 6 Lotto Keeps Rolling to Record-Setting Top Prize.MIDDLETOWN Middletown, cities, United States Middletown. 1 Industrial city (1990 pop. 42,762), Middlesex co., central Conn., on the west bank of the Connecticut River; settled 1650, inc. 1784, town and city consolidated 1923. , Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 1998--Thanks to player support, the Pennsylvania's Super 6 Lotto jackpot for the Nov. 7, 1998, drawing has risen to an annuity annuity: see insurance. annuity Payment made at a fixed interval. A common example is the payment received by retirees from their pension plan. There are two main classes of annuities: annuities certain and contingent annuities. value of $50 million and a cash option value of $25 million. "Pennsylvania Lottery The Pennsylvania Lottery is the state lottery of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It was created by the Pennsylvania Legislature on August 26, 1971 and that October, Henry Kaplan was appointed as its first Executive Director. The Lottery premiered on March 7, 1972. players have voted their support for the new Super 6 Lotto by rolling the jackpot to $50 million in just eight short weeks," said Lottery lottery, scheme for distributing prizes by lot or other method of chance selection to persons who have paid for the opportunity to win. The term is not applicable when lots are drawn without payment by the interested parties to determine some matter, e.g. Executive Director Daniel K. Cook. "That's two-and-a-half times better than the rate it took Keystone key·stone n. 1. Architecture The central wedge-shaped stone of an arch that locks its parts together. Also called headstone. 2. The central supporting element of a whole. Jackpot to reach that mark." Debuting Sept. 12, 1998, Super 6 Lotto replaced both Keystone Jackpot and Wild Card Lotto games. The last time Keystone Jackpot reached $50 million was Feb. 1, 1997. It took 20 weeks for Keystone Jackpot to roll to that $50 million top prize. With two drawings per week - Wednesday and Saturday - and 52 percent of Super 6 gross sales Gross Sales A measure of overall sales that isn't adjusted for customer discounts or returns, calculated simply by adding all sales invoices, and not including operating expenses, cost of goods sold, payment of taxes, or any other charge. allocated to the total prize pool, Super 6 Lotto rolls to larger jackpots faster. Of the 52 percent of gross sales, 76 percent is dedicated to the top jackpot prize. To play Super 6 Lotto, players select six numbers from a field of one to 69. Players must match all six numbers with those drawn by the Lottery to win the jackpot prize. Players get three plays for each $1 ticket. No player has matched all six winning numbers since the game began. However, since the game's inception, 410 players have matched five of six numbers drawn - the second-place prize - to win a total of $1,828,996.50! The Lottery also pays for matching four of six winning numbers drawn and three of six winning numbers drawn. Odds of matching five numbers in any one game grid are approximately 1:105,000. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (pĕnsəlvā`nyə), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bordered by New Jersey, across the Delaware River (E), Delaware (SE), Maryland (S), West Virginia (SW), Ohio (W), and Lake Erie and New York is the first individual state to have a jackpot reach the $50 million mark since PowerBall's $250 million jackpot was hit this past July. Pennsylvania Lottery players must be 18 years of age or older. All Lottery proceeds benefit older Pennsylvanians. |
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