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Check your lottery tickets Pennsylvania players you could be winners. One lucky player has a jackpot prize-winning Ca$h Wanted ticket worth $1,192,632.50. The ticket was purchased on March 9, from the Commissary Food Market, located at 5255 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia. Ca$h Wanted was a $20 Fast Play game with progressive top prizes that start at $300,000. This game has now closed.
Other recent Pennsylvania winners
There are two other lucky winners with jackpot prizes in the Keystone State this week. They are:
Cash 5 jackpot winner
A Dauphin County resident has a Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket worth $350,000. The ticket matched all five numbers in the March 9 drawing. The winning numbers are 5, 9, 23, 39, and 42. The winner purchased the ticket at the Giant Food Store, located at 2300 Linglestown Road, in Harrisburg. The prize must be claimed within one year of the drawing date. More than 11,400 other Cash 5 with Quick Cash tickets also won prizes in the drawing.
Cash 5 is a lottery draw game that costs $2 per play. To play Cash 5, you must select five numbers from 1 to 43. If you prefer not to select your own numbers, you can use the Quick Pick option and the computer will generate five random numbers for you. The drawing is held every night at 6:59 p.m. You can also win instantly with the Quick Cash game.
Match 6 jackpot winner
One lucky player has a Match 6 jackpot winning ticket worth $890,000. The ticket from the drawing on March 10 was purchased from the 7-Eleven, located at 9299 Route 30, in Irwin. The ticket matched all six winning numbers which are 5, 8, 18, 23, 30, and 37. The winner has one year from the drawing date to claim the prize.
Match 6 is a lottery draw game that costs $2 per play. To play, you must select six numbers between 1 and 49. If you prefer not to select your own numbers, you can use the Quick Pick option and the computer will generate five random numbers for you. For each Match 6 game grid you play, you will also receive two additional sets of six numbers randomly selected by the computer. Match 6 is drawn each night at 6:59 p.m.
How the lottery helps Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Lottery was launched in 1972. Since that time, it has contributed more than $35 billion to benefit programs such as reduced-fare transportation services, rent and property tax rebates, and the low-cost prescription programs, PACENET and PACE.
