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Brothers win $26.9 Million Powerball Jackpot Cash PrizeNews Story
Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue Gregory C. Fajt and Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Lottery Edward Mahlman today presented a check for $26,934,553.39 cash - less 25 percent federal withholding - to brothers Jim Hare, 54, of Philadelphia, and Tom Hare, 50, of Drexel Hill, Delaware County, holders of the single winning ticket for the May 29, 2004, Powerball drawing.The jackpot had an annuity value of $52 million. I'm pleased to present Jim and Tom with this check, and I congratulate them,
Jun 7, 2004, 11:04 am - Lottery News

PA Woman Makes Powerball HistoryNews Story
A Clearfield County woman won $1,003,688 for her appearance on the Powerball Instant Millionaire TV Game Show, lottery officials said.Carol Mihalko, 56, of Madera, was the winner of the game show, which is taped in Las Vegas and features one person from each of the 13 participating state lotteries playing a series of card and word games offering each the chance to win up to $1 million in cash.The Pennsylvania Lottery also awards 101 at-home players monetary prizes between $100 and $10,000, depen
May 24, 2004, 8:46 am - Lottery News

Penn. Lottery unveils self-service ticket machinesNews Story
Lottery players throughout Pennsylvania will soon be able to play the Pennsylvania Lottery's online and instant games using state-of-the-art, touch screen terminals.Secretary of Revenue Gregory C. Fajt and Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Lottery Ed Mahlman today unveiled the first of the new self-service Player Activated Terminals (PATs) at a retailer in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania is the first state to offer self-service units that sell both instant and online games. The Lottery will instal
May 20, 2004, 7:14 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery Reveals Age Checking Lottery TerminalsNews Story
Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue Gregory C. Fajt today announced that more than 6,700 Lottery retailers will be able to electronically check the ages of customers through online Lottery terminals using a new age verification system.Age verification software will be downloaded, free of cost, to all Lottery terminals across the Commonwealth. The Department of Revenue and the Pennsylvania Lottery recognize our social responsibility to help retailers prdvent the sale of Lottery tickets to minors,
May 12, 2004, 11:33 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery to enforce ID checkNews Story
The Pennsylvania Lottery will announce a new program this morning in Harrisburg designed to enforce age limits on lottery ticket sales.Lottery ticket ID checks will be added to those checks already in place at Pennsylvania stores to verify IDs on people buying beer and cigarettes. A special machine reads the magnetic strip on the back of a driver's license.The owner of Old Forge Beverage in Lackawanna County thinks adding checks for lottery tickets is a good idea. It's going to enhance it, act
May 12, 2004, 6:38 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery win energizes Pennsylvania neighborhoodNews Story
Not often is a middle-aged woman seen hopping in public, yet there was Mary Ann Seems, bouncing on her toes yesterday in a , her fists quivering in post-lottery fever. This is so exciting! exclaimed Seems, 47, of Titusville, N.J. I don't care who it is; it's in our neighborhood! Seems lives just across the Delaware River from Washington Crossing, where a Cumberland Farms store last week sold the richest winning lottery ticket so fare in Pennsylvania history.Annuity value: $213.2 million.Cash o
May 11, 2004, 7:24 am - Lottery News

Verizon Network Failure Halts Penn. Lottery SalesNews Story
Verizon, the telecommunications provider for the Pennsylvania Lottery, experienced a network failure in Central Pennsylvania around lunchtime Tuesday.The problem was resolved within approximately an hour and a half and all retail operations have been restored.The failure affected 274 Pennsylvania Lottery retailers in the Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, Tamaqua, Nanticoke and State College areas.Some Lottery terminals in the (717), (570), and (814) area codes began experiencing technical problems ar
May 5, 2004, 7:28 am - Lottery News

News agency owner wins $259,000 in Penn. lotteryNews Story
Wayde Christophel will soon be smiling all the way to the bank.Christophel, a Waynesboro resident who owns The Waynesboro News Agency on West Main Street with his wife Kim, won the $259,000 jackpot in Friday night's Cash 5 drawing of the Pennsylvania Lottery.He's not a complete stranger to lottery luck, though. Six years ago, he won $5,000 in the former Saturday Night Spin game.Christophel said he plans to file a claim at lottery headquarters today in Harrisburg, so he was unable to provide deta
Mar 23, 2004, 4:39 am - Lottery News

Dreams of lottery cash turn to dustNews Story
When a friendly telemarketer called a 74-year-old Bethlehem, Pennsylvania woman two weeks ago to tell her she'd won $5 million in a Canadian sweepstakes, it sounded too good to be true.But the young man on the other end of the line convinced the woman she was a winner and to claim her prize she had to send him $1,900 cash to cover taxes and fees on the winnings.Bethlehem police later learned the man was a con artist, but only after the victim took out a home loan to wire him the original amount
Mar 22, 2004, 4:11 am - Lottery News

In Pennsyvania, lottery tickets a big sellerNews Story
York County sold $52.3M tickets last yearWith more than $1.1 million in sales, the Manchester Shell in Manchester Township near York sold more lottery tickets than any other outlet in York County last year.With nearly $750,000 in sales, Lynn's Shur Fine at 5660 York Road in New Oxford, sold more than any other retailer in Adams County.In all, York County's 230 lottery outlets sold a total of $52.3 million in tickets in 2003, according to data provided by the state lottery.Adams County's 51 lotte
Mar 15, 2004, 7:11 am - Lottery News