Politics & Government
$700,000 Lottery Ticket Sold in Lehigh Valley
Jerry Simcoe Beverage on Route 248 will get $5,000 bonus for selling winning Cash 5 ticket.
A lottery ticket worth $700,000 was sold at Jerry Simcoe Beverage in Lehigh Township, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery's website.
The winning Cash 5 ticket had the correct numbers for Wednesday's drawing. It correctly matched all five balls, 10-12-13-29-30, to win a jackpot of $700,000, less 25 percent federal withholding.
Jerry Simcoe Beverage, at 4630 Lehigh Drive (Route 248), earns a $5,000 selling bonus.
Lottery officials cannot confirm the identity of the winner until the prize is claimed and the ticket is validated. Cash 5 winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes.
The Lehigh Township ticket was one of 70,667 prize-winning tickets sold statewide for Wednesday's drawing, the lottery website says.
The holder of the winning ticket should promptly sign the back of the ticket, call the lottery at 717-702-8146 and file a claim at any of lottery’s seven area offices or at lottery headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County.
Claims may be filed Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at area offices and at headquarters from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
In the 2012-13 fiscal year, in addition to awarding nearly $41 million in prizes to Northampton County winners, the Pennsylvania Lottery contributed more than $24 million to programs serving the county’s older residents, the website says.