York County Retailer Sells Winning Powerball Ticket in Pennsylvania.News Editors MIDDLETOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 1, 2004 PA, SC players split 5th largest Powerball(R) jackpot ever 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. officials today announced that one of the two winning tickets in the $221.5 million New Year's Eve Powerball(R) drawing was sold at a retailer in York County York County may refer to one of several counties:
A Rutter's Farm Store located at 725 Arsenal Rd. (Rt. 30 at Sherman St.) in York, York County, sold the winning December 31, Powerball(R) jackpot ticket. Mary Roan roan a coat color consisting of a relatively uniform mixture of white and colored hairs, giving a 'silvered' hue; self-describing colors are red-roan, blue-roan, chestnut roan. manages the store, which is part of a family-owned chain. Two winning tickets - one sold in Pennsylvania, the other in South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. - matched all five white balls, 5-7-18-28-35, and the red Powerball(R), 1, in Wednesday night's drawing. The jackpot prize of $221,500,000 will be split evenly between the two winners, with each receiving $110,750,000. The $110,750,000 Powerball(R) jackpot is the third largest jackpot prize in the history of the Pennsylvania Lottery. At this time, no one has claimed the winning ticket sold in Pennsylvania. The 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. encourages the holder of the winning Powerball(R) ticket to sign the back of the ticket, contact a financial advisor and contact the Lottery at 717-986-4720. The prize must be claimed at Lottery headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin Dauphin, town, Canada Dauphin (dô`fĭn), town (1991 pop. 8,453), SW Man., Canada, on the Vermilion River. It is the retail and distribution center for an agricultural, lumbering, and fishing area. County. A claim for the prize may be filed Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Lottery offices are closed today, New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. , and will reopen re·o·pen tr. & intr.v. re·o·pened, re·o·pen·ing, re·o·pens 1. To open or be opened again: Officials reopened the airport after the snow was cleared. Schools reopen in September. at 8 a.m. on Friday, January 2. "This has turned out to be a very happy New Year's Day for the Lottery players in Pennsylvania. Not only was a winning jackpot ticket sold for last night's drawing, but four match-five tickets were sold in Pennsylvania as well, each for a $100,000 prize," said Ed Mahlman, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Lottery. "Sales for this 16-draw run were phenomenal, and that means more funding for programs that benefit older Pennsylvanians. We are grateful to our players for their support and to our Lottery retailers for their efforts." The Arsenal Road Rutter's will receive a $400,000 bonus for selling the winning jackpot ticket. "This is quite a way to ring in the New Year," said Rutter's President Scott Hartman. "We're excited to have sold the jackpot-winning ticket in one of our stores." There are 51 Rutter's Farm Stores in Pennsylvania, 43 of which are in York County. Each winner has 60 days from the date he or she claims the prize to decide whether to receive 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. payments over a period of 30 years, or to take a one-time cash payment of $60,149,751.48. $61,171,165 worth of Powerball and PowerPlay tickets were sold in Pennsylvania for the 16-draw run leading to this jackpot. Since about 37 cents from every sales dollar is dedicated to funding programs for older Pennsylvanians, this jackpot contributed about $22.6 million for the Commonwealth's older residents. In Pennsylvania, there were 403,639 winning plays sold for the December 31 Powerball(R) drawing, of which 47,559 selected the PowerPlay(R) option. Each winning PowerPlay(R) ticket for Wednesday's drawing receives three times the standard cash prize for its respective category. In Pennsylvania, Powerball(R) players who "powered up" with PowerPlay(R) for the December 31, 2003, drawing will receive total additional winnings of $485,006. 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 all its proceeds to programs that benefit older residents. Since its inception more than 31 years ago, the Lottery has contributed more than $13.8 billion to programs that include property tax and rent rebates; free and reduced-fare transit; the low-cost 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, programs PACE and PACENET; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including 650 full- and part-time senior centers throughout Pennsylvania. Players must be 18 or older. For more information on the Pennsylvania Lottery, visit the Lottery's Web site, www.palottery.com. |
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