CASH 5 winner says $402,996.50 came just at the right time from PA Lottery.Business Editors MIDDLETOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2002 When Anthony Cecolini, 50, of Whitehall, read in the paper that his April 14 CASH 5 ticket was one of two winning tickets worth $402,996.50, he just couldn't believe it. The Lehigh County man ran upstairs and calmly said to his sleeping wife, "Would you please get up?" When she got her glasses on they compared the numbers on her husband's ticket to the winning numbers in the paper, and the two of them celebrated their great fortune. Anthony 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 Friday, May 31, 2002, at 9:30 a.m. at the One Stop Shoppe on Mickley Road in Whitehall, where he purchased his winning ticket. Presenting the check to Anthony will be Pamela Opp, 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 Lottery's Bethlehem Area Manager and District 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. Representative Sam Mele Sabath Anthony "Sam" Mele (born January 21, 1923 in Astoria, New York) is a former right fielder, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he led the Minnesota Twins to their first American League championship in 1965. . Subhash Patel, owner/manager of the One Stop Shoppe, will host the event. Anthony has played CASH 5 every day for over 10 years, and his wife "just loves the scratch-off games." He always picks his own numbers, playing the number of children he has and their ages. He said he and his wife have won a few times over the years, but their biggest win to date was $250. Anthony's recent good fortune came at a fitting time, as he was laid off from work the Friday before he hit the CASH 5 jackpot. 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. 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 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. remains the only state Lottery 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 Co-pay A type of insurance policy where the insured pays a specified amount of out-of-pocket expenses for health-care services such as doctor visits and prescriptions drugs at the time the service is rendered, with the insurer paying the remaining costs. 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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