Pennsylvania Store That Sold $456M Powerball Ticket Revealed

The location of the Pennsylvania store that sold a jackpot-winning Powerball ticket has been announced.

The ticket, which won the $456 million jackpot from Saturday's drawing, was sold in Lancaster County, at Speedway on Lancaster Road in Manheim, Pennsylvania Lottery officials announced Monday morning.

It's the largest jackpot the Pennsylvania Lottery has ever awarded, and it was Powerball’s eighth-largest jackpot on record.

The winner has not been identified.

“It seems that St. Patrick’s Day brought some great luck to this fortunate Powerball player and we are anxious to meet our big winner or winners,” Lottery Executive Director Drew Svitko said in a statement.

The ticket correctly matched all five white balls, 22-57-59-60-66, and the red Powerball 07, to win a jackpot that had been growing since January 10. The winner can accept a $456.7 million annuity (30 payments over 29 years) or opt for a lump sum of $273.9 million cash. Both amounts are before tax withholding.

Speedway, the store that sold the ticket, will get a $100,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket, Svitko said.

Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball 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.

The chances of winning the Powerball jackpot are approximately 1 in 292 million, lottery officials said.

The ticket represents Pennsylvania Lottery’s 20th multi-state jackpot winner. It has sold 18 jackpot-winning Powerball tickets since joining the game in 2002 and two jackpot-winning Mega Millions tickets since joining that game in 2010.

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