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$1M-Winning Scratch-Off Lottery Ticket Sold At Philly Grocery Store
Pennsylvania Lottery officials ShopRite of Parkside, located at 1575 North 52nd St., will earn a $5,000 bonus for selling the ticket.
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia grocery store sold a scratch-off Pennsylvania Lottery ticket that's worth $1 million.
According to Pennsylvania Lottery officials, ShopRite of Parkside, located at 1575 North 52nd St., sold a $1 million-winning $1,000,000 Winnings Scratch-Off.
The store will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
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$1,000,000 Winnings is a $20 game that offers top prizes of $1 million.
Scratch-off prizes expire one year from the game's end-sale date, posted at on the lottery's website.
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Winners should immediately sign the back of their ticket and call the Lottery at 1-800-692-7481.
Scratch-offs are distributed at random, meaning the Pennsylvania Lottery and its retailers do not know where winning tickets will be sold.
The lottery learns where winning tickets are sold only after a prize has been claimed.
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