A $2 Tip Turns Into $108,750 Lottery Win for Monroe County Man.Business Editors MIDDLETOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2002 Peter Morrison Sir Peter Hugh Morrison, PC, Kt, (2 June, 1944 – 13 July, 1995) was a British Conservative politician, and MP for Chester from 1974 to 1992. He was first elected to the House of Commons in the general election of February 1974 for Chester. , 43, of Broadheadsville, used $2 in tip money he received on April 23 to buy CASH 5 tickets, and he won the jackpot of $108,750, minus 27 percent federal withholding Withholding Any tax that is taken directly out of an individual's wages or other income before he or she receives the funds. Notes: In other words, these funds are "withheld" from your wages. . Peter will receive his winnings check from the 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. during a formal presentation Wednesday, June 12, 2002, at 11 a.m. at Altemose True Value on Rt. 209 in Broadheadsville, where he purchased his winning ticket. Presenting the check to James will be Sally Danyluk, Director of Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most for the Pennsylvania Lottery, Tom Blaskiewicz, 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. Area Manager and District Lottery Representative Patrick Loughney. Robert Altemose, owner of the True Value, will host the event for his former employee. Peter remembers comparing his CASH 5 ticket to the winning numbers that day, and he says he immediately yelled yell v. yelled, yell·ing, yells v.intr. To cry out loudly, as in pain, fright, surprise, or enthusiasm. v.tr. To utter or express with a loud cry. See Synonyms at shout. n. , "I hit the Lottery!" His wife, Mary, didn't believe him at first, because she says, "He tells me all the time that he won, and then he'll admit he only won a dollar." Peter is a regular CASH 5 player, and he also enjoys playing a variety of other on-line and instant games. As his wife attests to, this is the first time Peter has won such a large prize. Peter, who now works at a nursing home, says his Lottery win came just at the right time. He and his wife are expecting a new addition to their family any day now, and the money will help them prepare for the new baby, buy a new house, and take care of existing bills. Peter says he also wants to treat his six-year-old son to a special gift. To play CASH 5, players select five numbers from a field of one to 39. Each game is just $1. Players may select their own set of numbers or have a "quick pick" computer-selection method do it for them, like Peter Morrison did. If a player matches two, three, four or five of the numbers drawn that day, he or she is a cash prize winner. The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state Lottery A game of chance operated by a state government. Generally a lottery offers a person the chance to win a prize in exchange for something of lesser value. Most lotteries offer a large cash prize, and the chance to win the cash prize is typically available for one dollar. that designates its proceeds to benefit older citizens. Since inception 30 years ago, the Lottery has contributed $12.2 billion to programs that have expanded to include property tax and rent rebates, free and reduced fare transit for older Pennsylvanians, a co-pay prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, program (PACE and PACENET) and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including 650 full- and part-time senior centers, located throughout Pennsylvania. Players must be 18 years of age or older. |
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