MIDDLETOWN – One jackpot-winning Match 6 Lotto ticket worth $4.2 million from the Oct. 24 drawing was sold at Anthracite Newsstand, 1 E. Market St., Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County.
The ticket correctly matched all six winning numbers, 02-05-10-13-28-48, to win a jackpot of $4,205,027, less 25 percent federal withholding.
The retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the jackpot-winning ticket.
This is the eighth Match 6 jackpot won since the game’s return in June 2010. The jackpot had been growing since one ticket matched all six winning numbers in the July 4 drawing. Including the jackpot winner, there were 134,162 total winning plays from Monday evening’s Match 6 drawing.
Lottery officials cannot confirm the identity of the Oct. 24 jackpot winner until the prize is claimed and the ticket is validated. Match 6 winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes.
The Lottery encourages the holder of the winning ticket to sign the back of the ticket, call the Lottery at 717-702-8146 and file a claim at Lottery headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County, or at any of Lottery’s seven area offices.
Claims may be filed at Lottery headquarters Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at area offices.
In addition to awarding more than $65.5 million in prizes to Luzerne County in fiscal year 2009-10, the Pennsylvania Lottery contributed more than $39.2 million to Luzerne County seniors’ programs.