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Couple wins Pennsylvania Lottery's Super 6 Lotto jackpot worth $13.9 million.


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MIDDLETOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2002

Michael and Bonnie bon·ny also bon·nie  
adj. bon·ni·er, bon·ni·est Scots
1. Physically attractive or appealing; pretty.

2. Excellent.
 Mason of Collingswood, New Jersey Collingswood is a Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 14,326.

Collingswood was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 22, 1888, from portions of Haddon
, are the winners of the May 11, 2002, Super 6 Lotto jackpot worth $13,986,430 cash, less 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.
.

The couple selected the cash option value of the Super 6 jackpot when they purchased their tickets, and won when all six numbers matched those drawn. The winning numbers in the May 11, 2002, Super 6 Lotto drawing were 24-45-46-50-52-67.

White's Beer Distributor, located at 550 Andrews Road in Trevose, Bucks County, sold the winning jackpot ticket for the May 11, 2002, Super 6 Lotto drawing. The store owner is John S. White, who has been 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.  retailer since 1981.

The Masons selected their own Super 6 number combinations but did not use a formula such as birthdays or anniversary dates, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 Bonnie. Michael, who says he is a regular Lottery player, recalls he hadn't planned to drive into Pennsylvania that particular day, "But when I saw Super 6 Lotto's advertised jackpot was $25 million for the May 11 drawing, I just had to play."

Michael compared his tickets numbers with Saturday's Super 6 drawing results in the Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
  • "Sunday Morning (radio program)", a Canadian radio program formerly aired on CBC Radio One
  • CBS News Sunday Morning, a television news program on CBS in the United States
  • Sunday Morning (TBS TV series)
 paper. Bonnie already had left for church to help set-up for the social hour when Michael noted he matched one number ... then two ... then three, until he realized he had five of the six winning numbers needed to win the jackpot prize. "I remember thinking at five numbers, `Well, we've won some serious money here,'" says Michael. "I just didn't realize HOW serious until I saw we matched all six (winning numbers)!

"I broke down; I couldn't believe it," Michael continues. "I called Bonnie at church as asked her to come home. I told her nothing was wrong and not to alarm anyone, but that I needed her to come home right away. We then put the ticket in a secure spot until we could get to Pennsylvania Lottery headquarters to file our claim ... and the next morning, I was laid off."

Bonnie is employed as a histologist histologist

one who specializes in histology.
 by Kessler Memorial Hospital in Hammonton, New Jersey Hammonton, founded by Charles K. Landis, is a town in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town population was 12,604. Located directly between Philadelphia and the resort town of Atlantic City, along the Pennsylvania Railroad, it . She will remain on the job for the next 18 months to train someone to fill her position when she takes early retirement.

The Masons are not the only recipients of a check from the Pennsylvania Lottery. White's Beer Distributor will receive a check from the Pennsylvania Lottery for $125,000 for selling the winning jackpot ticket. The Lottery pays retailers a bonus for selling a winning Super 6 Lotto jackpot ticket. The bonus applies only if a winning ticket has been claimed and validated.

The Masons already have received their Lottery winnings check.

To play Super 6 Lotto, players select six numbers from a field of one to 69. Super 6 Lotto features three plays for $1. Players may select their own set of numbers on the first play of each ticket or opt to have a "quick pick" computer-selected method for all three plays. The second and third plays automatically will be selected using the quick pick method.

Players must match all six numbers with those drawn by the Pennsylvania Lottery to win the jackpot prize. Drawings are held Tuesday and Friday evenings.

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 $12.9 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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