MIDDLETOWN — A Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball with Power Play ticket worth $200,000 from Saturday’s drawing was sold in Elk County.
The ticket, sold at MJ’s Mini Mart, 275 Fairview Road, Kersey, was one of three significant tickets sold from Saturday’s drawing.
The Powerball jackpot has rolled to a $650 million annuity value for Wednesday, which is the game’s second-largest jackpot on record.
Before it rolled, a winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million was sold in Montgomery County and a ticket worth $200,000 was sold in Susquehanna County, in addition to the Elk County ticket.
The five white balls drawn Saturday were 17-19-39-43-68, and the Powerball number was 13.
The Elk County ticket correctly matched four of the five white balls drawn and matched the red Powerball to win $200,000, less applicable tax withholding. It was sold with the $1 Power Play option, which boosted the prize to $200,000 instead of $50,000 because Saturday’s multiplier was four.
Prizes must be claimed and tickets validated before winners can be identified. Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes. The Lottery encourages the holder of a 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 headquarters from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at area offices.
More than 274,400 Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball tickets won prizes of various amounts in the August 19 drawing, including 53,295 tickets purchased with the Power Play option that multiplied their prizes by four.
Players should check every ticket, every time, and immediately sign winning tickets. Lower-tier prizes may be claimed at a Lottery retailer.
The Powerball jackpot rolled to an estimated annuity value of $650 million, or $411.7 million cash, for Wednesday’s drawing. This is the game’s highest jackpot offering since the world-record jackpot of nearly $1.6 billion in January 2016.
All proceeds from the Pennsylvania Lottery are directed to programs that benefit older residents.
