Pa Lottery Scratch Off Prizes Remaining (2024)

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Did a PA lottery player win $5 million scratch off ticket? ›

Donna Osborne,75, called the win bittersweet because she recently finished radiation treatment for breast cancer. "I was at the airport with my daughter. We were on our way to see family in Florida when the flight got delayed. Well, it was delayed so many times, I decided to go home.

Most prize checks will arrive in four to six weeks after your claim has been received at Lottery headquarters and validated, but often less time. Some claims submitted in December cannot be processed until January so that prize payments and tax forms will be issued in the same calendar year.

Scratch-off prizes expire one year after the game's end-sale date, which is posted at palottery.com. Scratch-offs are distributed at random, so the Pennsylvania Lottery and its retailers don't know where winning tickets will be sold. The Lottery learns where winning tickets are sold only after a prize has been claimed.

Donna Osborne, 75, scored the big prize last month when she bought a $50 “Monopoly Own It All” ticket while buying gas at a convenience store in Lancaster County, where she lives. Osborne said she had previously bought a $5 lottery ticket that won her $50, so she used that money to get another ticket.

Are lottery winnings taxed in Pennsylvania? Yes, lottery winnings are taxable under state and federal law. In Pennsylvania, all lottery winnings are subject to the commonwealth's 3.07% state personal income tax, plus an additional 24% through federal taxes.

The chances of winning a Quick Cash game are separate from the chances of winning the main Cash 5 game. The overall chances of winning in a Quick Cash game are 1 in 4.71. Chances of winning the Cash 5 jackpot prize are 1 in 962,598; the overall chances of winning any prize in the main Cash 5 game are about 1 in 10.5.

Pennsylvania taxes resident individuals, estates or trusts on all gambling and lottery winnings from every source, except noncash winnings of the Pennsylvania Lottery, regardless of where the wager is placed.

The Pennsylvania Lottery will make every attempt to contact each winner via email within three (3) business days of the winners being announced. If your name is listed as a winner and you have not yet been contacted, please contact the Pennsylvania Lottery, toll-free, at 1-800-692-7481.

This is the 20th time the Powerball jackpot has been won in the state. “The Pennsylvania Lottery congratulates the lucky winner and our retailer, AJ's Pizza, for selling this big Powerball jackpot-winning ticket,” said Pennsylvania Lottery Executive Director Drew Svitko.

(KDKA) -- A Pennsylvania Lottery retailer in Allegheny County recently sold a $3 million-winning scratch-off ticket. The lucky winner earned the prize on the $160 Million Cash Blowout scratch-off game. The BP location at 1717 Freeport Road in Natrona Heights will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

How long before a scratch card expires? ›

Scratchcard prizes must be claimed within 180 days from the closure date, reports The National Lottery - you can check the closure date for your scratchcard here.

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (KDKA) -- A $1 million-winning All Cash scratch-off ticket was sold in Butler County recently. The Quick Stop location along South Main Street in Butler will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

According to the state agency, the largest jackpot was a Scratchers ticket, California State Riches, worth $5 million. The ticket was purchased at the ARCO gas station located on Winchester Road in Temecula. The winner of that ticket was identified by the Lottery office as John Green.

Remee Richard's ticket matched the winning numbers for one of the Maxmillions prizes in that draw. Richard, who bought his ticket at Go Market in Rycroft, says he scanned his ticket every day for a week just to be sure he was not dreaming.

Last fiscal year, the Pennsylvania Lottery generated a profit of $1.2 billion dollars for older Pennsylvania from a total of $5 billion in sales. The Pennsylvania Lottery website also shows a map of lottery beneficiaries, organized by county, who received funding from the 2021-22 year.

Overall odds of winning any prize in $50 or $100 are 1 in 8.33** (see back of ticket for complete odds disclaimer).

The Pennsylvania Lottery sold its first tickets on March 7, 1972 and drew its first numbers on March 15, 1972. Middletown, Pennsylvania, U.S. Benefits Older Pennsylvanians.