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$320,559-Winning Lottery Ticket Sold In Philadelphia
The Shell at 2901 West Abbotsford Ave. sold the winning ticket and will receive a $500 bonus for selling it, PA Lottery officials said.
PHILADELPHIA — A more than $320,500-winning Pennsylvania Lottery ticket was sold in Philadelphia recently, according to officials.
The Pennsylvania Lottery said a progressive top prize-winning ticket worth $320,559 for the BBQ Bucks game was sold at a lottery retailer in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
The Shell at 2901 West Abbotsford Ave. will receive a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
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BBQ Bucks is a $10 Fast Play game that offers progressive top prizes starting at $150,000.
Fast Play games print on-demand from a lottery sales terminal or self-service touch-screen vending terminal and are similar to scratch-off games, but without the need to scratch a ticket or wait for a drawing.
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To see if they’ve won a prize, players can review the ticket, or scan it at a lottery retailer or with the Ticket Checker feature on the lottery’s official app.
The holder of a top prize-winning Fast Play ticket should immediately sign the back of the ticket and call the lottery at 1-800-692-7481.
Prizes must be claimed and tickets validated before winners can be identified. Fast Play prizes must be claimed within one year of the ticket purchase date.
All lottery prizes more than $5,000 are subject to applicable withholding.
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