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BREAKING: Lehigh Valley Store Sells $1M Winning Powerball Ticket

The winning ticket was sold at Top Star Express, 216 Nazareth Pike, Bethlehem.

Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball players got lucky in last night’s world-record jackpot drawing.

Players in Pennsylvania took home $11 million in prizes – including three $1 million winners, Pennsylvania Lottery officials announced Thursday morning.

Jackpot-winning tickets sold in California, Tennessee and Florida matched the five white balls drawn, 04-08-19-27-34, and the red Powerball, 10. Each of those tickets won a share of the $1.6 billion jackpot.

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In Pennsylvania, there were three $1 million winners; six winners of $100,000; 25 winners of $50,000; and more than one million other winners of various prize amounts in the January 13 Powerball drawing.

The three $1 million tickets matched five of the white balls drawn and were sold by the following retailers:

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  • Landhope Farms, 101 E. Street Road, Kennett Square, Chester County;
  • Turkey Hill, 5 W. Clay St., Lancaster, Lancaster County; and
  • Top Star Express, 216 Nazareth Pike, Bethlehem, Northampton County

The six $100,000 winning tickets matched four of the five white balls drawn plus the Powerball with the player choosing Power Play, and were sold by the following retailers:

  • Giant Eagle, Quaker Village Shopping Center, Leetsdale, Allegheny County;
  • Terris Auto Tags, 822 E. Baltimore Ave., Lansdowne, Delaware County;
  • Wawa, 3 N. MacDade Blvd., Glenolden, Delaware County;
  • Sunoco, 300 N. Easton Rd., Horsham, Montgomery County;
  • Blue Valley Lanes, Route 33 and 512, Wind Gap, Northampton County; and
  • Sunoco, 3963 Route 30, Latrobe, Westmoreland County.

In the January 13 drawing, a total of 1,187,351 Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball tickets won prizes of various amounts, including 205,054 tickets purchased with the Power Play option that multiplied their prizes by two, according to Pennsylvania Lottery officials.

“The historic Powerball jackpot run was not only exciting for players and winners, but also generated tremendous new support – more than $70 million – for the programs that benefit older Pennsylvanians, every day,” said Lottery Executive Director Drew Svitko. “I want to congratulate our state’s many winners and also thank our players and retailers.”

The Powerball jackpot had been rolling since the November 4 drawing.

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