MIDDLETOWN – One jackpot-winning Match 6 Lotto ticket worth $1.4 million from the Jan. 19 drawing was sold at Smokers Express, 1014 Third Ave., Duncansville, Blair County.
The ticket correctly matched all six winning numbers, 09-19-22-25-37-49, to win a jackpot of $1,428,129.50, less 25 percent federal withholding.
The retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the jackpot-winning ticket. This is the 10th 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 Dec. 5, 2011drawing. Including the jackpot winner, there were 74,293 total winning plays from Thursday evening’s Match 6 drawing.
Lottery officials cannot confirm the identity of the Jan. 19 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 the 2010-11 fiscal year, in addition to awarding nearly $32.1 million in prizes to Blair County winners, the Pennsylvania Lottery contributed more than $16.4 million to programs serving Blair County older residents.
