Coraopolis Woman Shares $1.1 Million CASH 5 Jackpot; Pennsylvania Lottery Winner to Receive Check Thursday.Business Editors MIDDLETOWN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2000 This Thursday morning, an Allegheny County woman will receive her share of a 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. CASH 5 jackpot. Elva Marcocci, 76, of Coraopolis is one of five lucky players to match all five winning numbers in the September 16, 2000, CASH 5 drawing. The total value of the jackpot was $1,107,725. Each of the five winners, including Mrs. Marcocci, will receive a check for $221,545, less 28 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. . Mrs. Marcocci will receive her winnings check during a formal presentation Thursday, November 2, 2000, at 11 a.m. at Coraopolis Cash Market, located at 1013-1015 Fourth Avenue in Coraopolis, where she purchased her winning CASH 5 ticket. Lottery's 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 Sally Danyluk, Pittsburgh Area Supervisor Eric Grubbs and District Lottery Representative Jim Mansuetti will present Mrs. Marcocci her check. Elva Marcocci says she is a regular customer at Cash Market, owned and operated by the Albert Mancini Albert Mancini (1899-1987) was a professional musician, a virtuoso trumpeter and violinist, and the author of numerous arrangements and etudes for the trumpet. In 1903, his parents emigrated to the United States from Potenza, Italy, initially settling in Buffalo, New York. family. "I'd be lost if Cash Market wasn't in town," she admits. "They're the best source for groceries, fresh meats and of course, Pennsylvania Lottery tickets!" Elva says she's a regular Super 6 Lotto player who also plays CASH 5. "When I realized that night's CASH 5 jackpot was over one million dollars, I rushed into the store at 6:50 p.m. and asked for $5 in CASH 5 quick picks," she recalls. Pennsylvania Lottery retailers stop selling on-line tickets at 6:57 p.m. each evening, just before the live nightly drawing takes place. "I walked back in the house just as the CASH 5 drawing was taking place. I stood there watching the television as four of my numbers were drawn ... then the fifth one came up! I practically shouted I had won at Joe, my husband. He just rolled his eyes and gave me one of those, `Oh, sure you did' looks." Elva says she then called their son to tell him. "He looked up the winning numbers on the Pennsylvania Lottery's web site at www.palottery.com and there they were! He also told me that I shared the jackpot with four other CASH 5 players, but I don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. . It's just so very wonderful to have won," she states. The Mancini family Mancini family Family of Italian sisters, noblewomen noted for their great beauty. Nieces of Jules Cardinal Mazarin, they moved to France at an early age. Laure Mancini, duchess de Mercoeur (1636–57), married Louis de Vendôme, duke de Mercoeur and grandson of sees Mrs. Marcocci as a valued customer and as a special friend. "She is the nicest, sweetest person in the world! We are so very happy for Elva and Joe," says patriarch patriarch, in the Bible patriarch (pā`trēärk), in biblical tradition, one of the antediluvian progenitors of the race as given in Genesis (e.g., Seth) or one of the ancestors of the Jews (e.g. Albert Mancini. The Marcoccis have been married 52 years. As for plans for her winnings, Elva says, "If Joe behaves himself, I just may give him the Alaskan cruise he's always dreamed of; it will be his Christmas present. And I just may go with him!" The September 16, 2000, CASH 5 jackpot was the third largest since the game debuted April 23, 1992. The largest CASH 5 top prize reached $1,590,354 on September 7, 1995; it was divided among six winning tickets. The second largest CASH 5 jackpot totaled $1,143,882 and was shared by two tickets. The winning numbers in the September 16 drawing were 03-06-13-17-30. The other four jackpot winners, in addition to Mrs. Marcocci, were Anna Lah, 76, of Imperial, Allegheny County, who purchased her winning ticket from Choice Store in Oakdale; Harry Shipman ship·man n. 1. A sailor. 2. A shipmaster. , 51, of Montoursville, Lycoming County, who purchased his winning ticket at the UniMart on North Main Street in Hughesville; Andrew Grajek Sr., 68, of Folcroft, Delaware County Delaware County is the name of six counties in the United States of America:
To play CASH 5, players select five numbers from 1 to 39. Players must match all five winning numbers drawn to win the top prize, which starts at $100,000 and continues to roll until it is won. Pennsylvania Lottery also pays players for matching four-, three- and two-of-five winning CASH 5 numbers. Top prizes are awarded in one-time payments. 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 exclusively designates its proceeds to benefit older citizens. Since its inception more than 28 years ago, the Lottery has contributed $11.6 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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