PA Lottery – Pennsylvania Lottery

Lottery PA – PALottery

The Pennsylvania Lottery was originally established back on August 26th 1971 with a ruling being passed allowing a lottery to be operated within the State.

The PA State Lottery is a government agency of the State of Pennsylvania who oversee all of the running and organization of PA Lotto games across the State.

Right from when the very first Pennsylvania State Lottery ticket was sold way back on March 7th 1972 – the principal aim of the PA Lottery was to raise funds for programs that benefit the older citizens of Pennsylvania State.

This is still the case today and the Pennsylvania Lottery can proudly claim to be the only USA Lottery company to be exclusively helping the elderly with its lottery profits.

The Penn State Lottery is based in Middeltown, PA.

PA Lottery – Overview

The Pennsylvania Lottery sells lottery tickets from its network of authorized PA Lotto retailers throughout Pennsylvania State and has 7 regional offices based in Philadelphia, Wilkes-Barre, Harrisburg, Clearfield, Pittsburgh, Erie and Lehigh Valley.

The PA Lottery also takes part in 2 of the largest world lotteries – the huge Multi State Lotteries – Mega Millions and Powerball which we will be looking into in much greater detail.

We will be looking at the various PA Lotto games below – how they work and who can play them – as well as delving into some of the history of the Pennsylvania State Lottery in more depth.

PA Lottery – Games

There are numerous games that are offered by the Pennsylvania State Lottery – including 2 of the biggest lottery games in the world – the Powerball and its rival the Mega Millions.

We will first of all take a look at these Multi-State USA Lottery games – that the PA Lottery offers in conjunction with the MUSL – Multi State Lottery Association and Mega Millions Consortium – and then later move on to other PA Lotto games available.

Currently – the games offered by the PA State Lottery that players from anywhere in the world can buy lottery tickets online for are these 2 huge US Lotteries – the Mega Millions and Powerball.

Other games offered by the Pennsylvania Lottery that can be played in-state are noted further down the page – if any of these Pennsylvania Lotto games become available to a wider audience at a later date – we will be writing about it here.

PA Lottery Powerball – PA Powerball

Powerball is a Multi-State US Lottery that is run & syndicated across the USA by the MUSL – Multi State Lottery Association – and is one of the largest lottery games in the world having produced a record jackpot of an incredible US$ 1.58 BILLION. This massive sum is the biggest lottery jackpot ever to have been won to date in the history of world lottery games.

The very first Powerball draw took place on April 22nd 1992 with 16 USA Lottery companies – who were all members of the MUSL – taking part after the game changed its format and name from Lotto America which had first started on February 13th 1988.

PA Lottery Powerball – Overview

The Pennsylvania Lottery is 1 of 47 US State Lotteries & District Lotteries that offer the Powerball game – in this case the Pennsylvania Powerball – as part of its overall lottery portfolio.

The Pennsylvania Powerball was first sold on June 29th 2002 when the PA State Lottery became the 30th member to join the MUSL – Multi State Lottery Association – who run & syndicate the game right across the United States of America.

PA Lottery Powerball – How it Works

The PA Powerball works in the same way as the Powerball game works in all the States and Districts in the US that offer the game.

Jackpots start off at US$ 40 MILLION and ROLLOVER after each draw when the top prize is not won – making for some massive jackpot figures.

6 numbers are drawn in total for the PA Lottery Powerball game from 2 separate drawing machines – first of all 5 numbers from 69 white balls are drawn followed by 1 number (the POWERball) from 26 red balls.

Draws for the Powerball PA take place twice every week on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10.59pm EST.

In addition to the 6 main Powerball numbers drawn – a further number is drawn – using a Random Number Generator…the Powerball POWERPLAY number…

POWERPLAY…

This separate Powerball POWERPLAY number drawn will be either 2, 3, 4, 5 and occasionally number 10 – and is there to give players of the PA Powerball a chance to increase their winnings on all levels of the prize structure apart from the PA Lottery Powerball jackpot itself.

With Powerball POWER PLAY – you will multiply your winnings on these levels by 2x, 3x, 4x or 5x – greatly increasing the amount you can walk away with.

During special promotions – the Powerball POWER PLAY multiplier will be 10x – allowing Pennsylvania Lottery players to increase their Powerball winnings by an incredible 10 times!

So, for just an extra dollar – you can choose to increase your PA Powerball Lottery winnings on all levels except the jackpot – by adding the Power Ball POWER PLAY option when playing.

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PA Powerball Results

With the Pennsylvania Powerball being drawn every week on both Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10.59pm EST there are various ways you can check the Powerball winning numbers.

You can find the latest PA Powerball Results at all Pennsylvania State Lottery retailers, from PA Lottery terminals and here online at Global Lottery Review where you can also check up on any of the previous PA Powerball Results.

The PA Powerball results and Powerball winning numbers are also displayed on palottery.state.pa.us the official Lottery PA website –  and will be broadcast on the following television channels throughout the State of Pennsylvania…

WJET (Channel 24) at 11.20pm in Erie
           WTAE (Channel   4) at 11.22pm in Pittsburgh
              WPVI  (Channel   6) at 11.25pm in Philadelphia
               WNEP (Channel 16) at 11.00pm in Wilkes-Barre
         WNEP (Channel 16) at 11.00pm in Scranton
            WGAL (Channel   8) at 11.20pm in Harrisburg
           WGAL (Channel   8) at 11.20pm in Lancaster
  WGAL (Channel   8) at 11.20pm in York
             WTAJ  (Channel 10) at 11.20pm in Johnstown
        WTAJ  (Channel 10) at 11.20pm in Altoona
                 WTAJ  (Channel 10) at 11.20pm in State College

PA Lottery Powerball – Odds of Winning

There are 9 separate ways that you can win on this Penn State Lottery game providing you with a great chance of winning one of the many thousands of prizes on the PA Powerball.

Odds range from 1 in 292,201,338 for correctly matching all the Pennsylvania Powerball winning numbers right down to 1 in 38.32 for matching just 1 number correctly.

The overall odds of you winning any prize on the Powerball PA are just 1 in 24.87.

See the Powerball Odds and Prizes calculation table on the separate PA Powerball page for a complete list of odds and prizes for this game.

PA Lottery Mega Millions – Mega Millions PA

The Mega Millions is a Multi-State USA Lottery that is run and operated by the Mega Millions Consortium – who administer and syndicate the game across the USA and is one of the largest lottery games in the world – having produced a massive world record jackpot of an incredible US$ 656 MILLION on March 30th 2012. This top jackpot was shared equally between 3 Mega Millions winners from the States of Kansas, Maryland and Illinois and is still the 2nd largest lottery jackpot won to date.

The very first Mega Millions draw took place on May 17th 2002 with 6 USA Lottery companies taking part who were all members of the Mega Millions Consortium.

The game had changed its name and format from the Big Game which had started on August 31st 1996. Upon this change – 2 further State Lotteries joined and many more were to follow.

PA Lottery Mega Millions – Overview

The Pennsylvania Lottery is 1 of 46 US State Lotteries & District Lotteries that offer the Mega Millions – in this particular case the Mega Millions PA – as part of its overall portfolio of lottery games.

The PA Mega Millions was first sold on January 31st 2010 when the Multi State Lottery Association (MUSL) who run the Powerball game – of which the PA Lottery is a member – entered into a cross-selling agreement with the Mega Millions consortium – allowing the sales of Mega Millions in Powerball States and Powerball in Mega Millions States.

PA Lottery Mega Millions – How it Works

The PA Mega Millions works in exactly the same way as the Mega Millions game works in all the States and Districts in the USA that offer the game.

Jackpots start off at US$ 40 MILLION and ROLLOVER after each draw when the top prize is not won – making for some enormous jackpot figures that can be won on the Pennsylvania Mega Millions.

6 numbers are drawn in total for the PA Mega Millions – from 2 separate drawing machines – firstly 5 numbers from 70 white balls are drawn and then 1 number (the MEGAball) from 25 gold balls.

Draws for the PA Lottery Mega Millions take place twice every week on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11.00pm EST.

In addition to the 6 Mega Millions numbers drawn – a further number is drawn – using a Random Number Generator…the MEGAPLIER number…

MEGAPLIER…

This separate MEGAPLIER multiplier number drawn will be either 2, 3, 4 or 5 – and is there to give players of the Mega Millions PA a chance to increase their winnings on all levels of the prize structure apart from the PA Mega Millions jackpot itself.

With the Mega Millions MEGAPLIER option – you are able to multiply your winnings on these levels by 2x, 3x, 4x or 5x – greatly increasing the amount you can walk away with.

If you match the 5 main Mega Millions numbers playing with the MEGAPLIER add-on – and a MEGAPLIER number of 5 is drawn – the second tier prize of US$ 1 MILLION would be multiplied by x5 and you could win US$ 5 MILLION.

So, for just an extra dollar – you can choose to increase your Pennsylvania Mega Millions winnings on all levels except the jackpot – by adding the Mega Millions MEGAPLIER option when playing.

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PA Lottery Mega Millions Results

With the PA Mega Millions being drawn every week on both Tuesdays and Fridays at 11.00pm EST there are numerous ways you can check the Mega Millions winning numbers.

You can find the latest PA Mega Millions Results at all PA Lottery retailers, from Pennsylvania Lottery terminals and here online at Global Lottery Review where you can also check up on any of the previous PA Mega Millions Results.

The PA Mega Millions winning numbers are also published on the official PALottery website palottery.state.pa.us – and will be broadcast on the following TV channels in Pennsylvania…

WJET (Channel 24) at 11.20pm in Erie
            WTAE  (Channel  4) at 11.22pm in Pittsburgh
               WPVI   (Channel  6) at 11.25pm in Philadelphia
                WNEP (Channel 16) at 11.00pm in Wilkes-Barre
          WNEP (Channel 16) at 11.00pm in Scranton
             WGAL (Channel  8) at 11.20pm in Harrisburg
           WGAL (Channel  8) at 11.20pm in Lancaster
 WGAL (Channel  8) at 11.20pm in York
             WTAJ (Channel 10) at 11.20pm in Johnstown
        WTAJ (Channel 10) at 11.20pm in Altoona
                  WTAJ (Channel 10) at 11.20pm in State College

PA Lottery Mega Millions – Odds of Winning

There are 9 separate ways that you can win on this PA State Lottery game providing you with a great chance to come away with something on the PA Mega Millions.

Odds range from 1 in 302,575,350 for correctly matching all the Pennsylvania Mega Millions winning numbers right down to 1 in 37 for matching just 1 number correctly.

Overall odds of winning any prize on the Mega Millions PA are just 1 in 24.

See the Mega Millions Odds and Prizes calculation table on the separate Pennsylvania Mega Millions page for a complete list of odds and prizes.

Other PA Lottery Games...

In addition to the PA Lottery Powerball and Mega Millions games which can be played from wherever you live – the Penn State Lottery also offers various other lotto games which can be played within Pennsylvania itself – like Cash 5, Match 6, Treasure Hunt, Quinto, Big 4, Daily Number plus many PALottery Scratch Offs.

If any of these other PA Lotto games become available to a wider audience outside of Pennsylvania at a later date we will write about it here.

PA Lottery – Who Can Play?

In the past – you would have had to buy your lottery ticket in the State of Pennsylvania to take part in any of the Pennsylvania State Lottery games – including the PA Powerball and PA Mega Millions.

These days though – you can play the Mega Millions Online and the Powerball Online from anywhere in the world due to the presence of accredited and fully authorized online lottery ticket sales companies like TheLotter.com – allowing you to play wherever you’re based.

So if you live outside of Pennsylvania or the USA but wish to play either the Powerball or Mega Millions this is simple to do using the right lottery ticket sales companies where you can quickly and easily buy lottery tickets online – and save yourself a fair amount of time too – allowing you to play no matter where you live.

The PA State Lottery requires all players to be at least 18 years of age before purchasing any PA Lotto tickets including tickets for the PA Mega Millions and PA Powerball.

PA Lottery – How Prizes are Paid?

If you have won either a PA Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot – you will be able to claim your prize as either a cash lump sum or as an annuity payment.

If you choose the annuity option – your winnings will be paid to you annually over a 29 year period in 30 installments.

For all Pennsylvania State Lottery prizes you will have 365 days from either the date of the draw or the official end of game sale date to make your claim before your PA Lottery ticket will expire.

If your win on the Pennsylvania Lottery is up to US$ 600 – you will be able to claim your winnings at any PA Lotto retailer.

If you’ve had a win of between US$ 601 and US$ 2,500 with the PA Lottery – you can also claim your winnings at any Pennsylvania Lottery retailer using a Pennsylvania Lottery Standard Claim Form.

If you’ve been lucky enough to win a PA Lotto jackpot prize – you will need to make your claim at the headquarters of the Pennsylvania Lottery in Middletown.

These details are all taken care for you if you play lottery online with one of the trusted and genuine online lottery ticket sale companies such as TheLotter as it is their job to make your transaction a seamless process – collecting your winnings and sending them directly to you.

PA Lottery Timeline – History

1971

The Pennsylvania Lottery is created on August 26th as an agency of the Government of Pennsylvania. In the beginning proceeds from PA Lottery games were designated to fund tax relief on property for senior citizens within Pennsylvania. In subsequent years PA Lottery funding has grown to encompass many different areas that benefit the State’s elderly population.

The PA State Lottery appoints its first Executive Director – Henry Kaplan – on October 21st.

1972

The first PA Lottery ticket goes on sale on March 7th. Tickets cost just 50 cents and the game has weekly draws with a top prize of US$ 1 Million.

1973

The Pennsylvania Lottery adds 2 more games per week – Lucky 7 and Winner’s Choice – both costing US$ 1 per ticket.

1975

The first PA Lottery televised Millionaire draw is broadcast on March 13th.

The first Instant game to be introduced by the Pennsylvania Lottery appears in May.

1977

March 1st sees the first PALottery numbers game introduced – the Daily Number. Draws are televised live and players select their own 3 digit number.

1980

The PA Lottery introduce a second numbers game – Big 4 – on November 22nd. Big 4 has one live draw per week but will later become a nightly game.

1981

June sees the televised draws for the Daily Number and Big 4 relocated from Pittsburgh’s WTAE studios to Harrisburg’s WHP.

1982

The Pennsylvania Lotto – the first lotto-style game to be introduced by the PA State Lottery appears on April 16th. The PA Lotto has a matrix of 6/40 and starting jackpots of US$ 1 Million.

1986

A USA Lottery first – the Super 7 – is introduced by the Pennsylvania Lottery on August 14th. A matrix of 11/80 is used – 7 of the 11 numbers drawn wins the jackpot which starts off at a cool US$ 2 Million.

1987

To mark the 15th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Lottery – Saturday Spin is introduced on March 7th. A weekly wheel-spin game that’s televised – the PA Lottery choose 5 finalists out of players who’ve sent in redeemed lottery tickets – who then have a chance of winning US$ 50,000, US$ 100,000 or an annuity of US$ 1 Million.

1988

February sees the Pennsylvania Lotto retired after 5 and a half successful years and replaced with a brand new PA Lotto game – Wild Card Lotto – with a 6/48 matrix.

1989

The Pennsylvania Lottery sees its largest jackpot so far when the Super 7 produces a jackpot of US$ 115.5 Million on April 26th which is shared between 14 winning lottery tickets.

1990

On May 5th Lottery Pennsylvania replace the Saturday Spin with the Million Dollar Spin.

1991

April 10th sees a change to the Super 7 game with the matrix becoming 10/74.

The PA Lottery creates a new North American record on July 29th when its total sales to date reach US$ 15 Billion.

1992

The Pennsylvania lottery introduces a new game on April 23rd – Cash 5 – which is still going strong today. Cash 5 begins with a matrix of 5/39 for a jackpot of US$ 100,000 and has one weekly draw.

1993

The first Instant Ticket Vending Machines are installed by the PA Lottery in July.

1994

The first all-electronic jackpot game – Hearts & Diamonds – is introduced by the PA State Lottery on October 5th with top prizes averaging US$ 20,000.

1995

The game that produced the biggest jackpot to date in Pennsylvania Lottery history – the Super 7 – retires on October 28th.

November 4th sees the first draw for Keystone Jackpot – the replacement game for the Super 7 – take place. Jackpots begin at US$ 3 million and rollover – increasing by US$ ½ Million each time the jackpot is not won. The game uses a double matrix of 6/33 + 1/33.

1996

The Hearts & Diamonds game is retired by the PA Lottery on March 10th.

1997

In a promotion lasting just one month – the PA Lottery introduce midday draws for the Daily Number and Big 4 games in February.

June sees the PA Lottery reach a milestone in lottery funding – with total proceeds to date of over US$ 10 Billion now having been contributed to programs benefiting the elderly in the State.

1998

The PA Lottery increase the draws of the Cash 5 game from weekly to every night from 1998.

September 5th sees the last draw of the Keystone Jackpot game take place.

The Wild Card Lotto has its final draw on September 11th.

Super 6 Lotto – a new Lottery PA game – is first drawn on September 12th. This is the replacement for both the Wild Card Lotto and Keystone Jackpot games. The Super 6 Lotto uses a 6/69 matrix and has starting jackpots of US$ 3 Million – with winners being able to chose between a cash lump sum or an annuity over 26 years.

The televised game – Million Dollar Spin – retires on December 26th.

2001

On December 18th – the Pennsylvania State Lottery becomes the 30th member to join the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) – who run and operate the massive Powerball game. The PA Lottery would start selling Powerball tickets in June the following year.

2002

An unusual event occurs during the March 24th draw of the Cash 5. A draw ball cracks resulting in the PA Lottery conducting a second draw and then paying out on both sets of winning lottery numbers.

The Pennsylvania Lottery sells it very first tickets for the Powerball game on June 27th.

June 29th sees the first Powerball draw with Pennsylvania Lottery players participating.

The first Pennsylvania Powerball winner emerges after less than 3 months when Edaward Varley from Hatfield, Montgomery County wins an incredible amount of US$ 30.8 Million on September 14th – having shared the jackpot with an Indiana Powerball player.

POWERBALL sees some game changes on October 6th when 4 numbers were added to the main (white) balls and the POWERPLAY option had the number 1 removed. Jackpot odds were now 1 in 120 million and even larger POWERBALL jackpots would be created and more frequently.

2003

The Daily Number and Big 4 see midday draws – 7 days a week – being introduced by the PALottery on February 11th.

A second PA Powerball jackpot winner is created on July 9th – when Scott and Marian Calligan from Cranberry Township, Butler County win a very healthy US$ 73.6 Million having shared the top prize with a Missouri Powerball player.

Later the same year – on December 31st – Lisa Ensor from York becomes the third winner of a PA Lottery Powerball jackpot when she scoops a fantastic US$ 60.1 Million – splitting the top prize with a South Carolina Powerball player.

2004

The Super 6 Lotto has its last draw on January 27th. The jackpot stands at US$ 8 Million and is not won so rolls down to the lower tier prize levels.

The game to replace the Super 6 Lotto is the Match 6 Lotto which goes on sale on January 28th. The game uses a matrix of 6/49 and players get 3 sets of 6 numbers – the first chosen by themselves and the second and third picked by the computers’ random number generator. Jackpots begin at US$ ½ Million.

The fourth Powerball PA jackpot winners – Steven and Kristine White from Skillman, NJ – claim a record US$ 110 Million on May 8th. This still ranks as the biggest prize won on a single ticket in PA Lottery history.

The fifth winners of a PA Lottery Powerball Jackpot emerge on May 29th when brothers Jim Hare from Philadelphia and Tom Hare from Drexel Hill, Delaware County win US$ 26.9 Million.

The PA Lottery start selling tickets for its latest terminal-based lottery game – Lucky For Life – on September 30th. Lucky For Life jackpots are a guaranteed US$ 1 Million and are paid out to winners in annual instalments of US$ 36,000

The first Lucky For Life draw takes place on October 2nd.

Pennsylvania Powerball jackpot winners number six claim an amazing sum of US$ 93.4 Million on December 8th. The lucky winners are the WLT Trust and its beneficiaries – Florence Ayers from Harmony, Butler County, James Ayers from Mars, Butler County and Sharon Kreindel from Beechwood, Ohio,

The PALottery sells yet another Powerball jackpot winning ticket – when four members of the Joseph Petto family – Joe and Mercedes from Philadelphia, Mike Tartini from Roseland, New Jersey and Keith Wesley of Trevose, Bucks County, PA claim a US$ 5.6 Million cash jackpot on December 22nd.

2005

The Powerball PA sees its eighth jackpot winners on January 22nd when Kathleen Fitzgerald, Karen Rodgers and Janet Bigler – all from Pittsburgh – win US$ 14.7 Million.

2 months later – Bob and Patty MacZura from Cranberry Township, Butler County win US$ 10.2 Million and become the ninth Powerball Pennsylvania jackpot winners on March 16th.

POWERBALL sees some further game changes on August 25th when 2 main (white) balls were added, nos. 54 and 55. Jackpots were now to start at a more exciting US$ 15 Million and second prizes at US$ 200,000.

October 19th sees a record POWERBALL jackpot occur when an incredible US$ 340 Million is won by a family from Oregon.

Tickets for the first raffle-type lottery game introduced by the Pennsylvania State Lottery are put on sale on November 22nd. Millionaire Raffle has 500,000 tickets up for grabs and at least 4 top prizes of US$ 1 Million to be won.

After 2 weeks all tickets are sold and the first Millionaire Raffle draw takes place on December 31st.

2006

A world record POWERBALL jackpot of US$ 365 Million is won by a group of Nebraska factory workers following the drawing on February 18th. Until 2013 this stood as the largest lottery jackpot won to date in the world on a single lottery ticket.

The PA Lottery holds its second Millionaire Raffle on July 4th. Five lucky winners of US$ 1 Million were created from an increased number of 625,000 tickets produced.

Tickets are put on sale for the third Millionaire Raffle held by the PA Lotto.

A third Millionaire Raffle is held by the PA Lottery on December 30th. Once again there were 625,000 tickets sold and five US$ 1 Million winners created.

2007

The Lucky For Life Lotto is retired by the Lottery PA after the draw on January 22nd.

The PALottery starts selling tickets for a new game – Mix & Match – on January 23rd with cash jackpots starting at US$ 50,000.

The first Mix & Match draw takes place on January 25th.

May 8th sees Treasure Hunt – a new midday, terminal-based game – introduced by the Pennsylvania Lottery. Jackpots start at US$ 10,000 and a matrix of 5/30 with players needing to match 2 or more numbers to win.

The Pennsylvania Lottery holds its fourth Millionaire Raffle on July 7th creating 5 new millionaires.

The fifth Millionaire Raffle is held by the Pennsylvania State Lottery on December 29th. Once again – the raffle creates 5 new millionaires.

2008

February brings a matrix change to the Cash 5 game – which now uses a 5/43 configuration and has jackpots starting at US$ 125,000.

An Instant game is introduced by the PA State Lottery in March – Major League Baseball – featuring the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates.

The biggest jackpot to date on the Cash 5 game – US$ 1,867,253 – is split by two winning tickets on April 15th.

May 1st sees tickets for the sixth PA Lottery Millionaire Raffle go on sale. The number of tickets for the draw is reduced to 500,000.

The sixth Millionaire Raffle is drawn by the PALottery on July 5th and produces four lucky top prize winners of US$ 1 Million each.

A 10th Pennsylvania Powerball jackpot is claimed on August 2nd when The Edwards and Funk 14 from Lancaster County share US$ 42.5 Million cash.

Quinto – a new numbers game is introduced by the PA Lottery on August 26th. Draws take place both midday and in the evenings and the top prize is US$ 50,000.

A US$ 10.2 Million PA Lottery Powerball jackpot prize is the 11th claimed and is won by 22 US Postal Service work colleagues on October 4th.

The Pennsylvania State Lottery starts selling lottery tickets for its seventh Millionaire Raffle game on October 27th.

A 12th Pennsylvania Powerball jackpot prize is claimed on October 29th – the lucky winners being Myrna and Thomas Shearer from York who claim a cash prize of US$ 30.2 Million.

2009

The seventh Millionaire Raffle game to be held by the PA Lottery is drawn on January 3rd.

Starting jackpots for the Multi-State Powerball game are increased to US$ 20 Million on January 7th.

Palmira Nicolo from Wyndmoor, Montgomery County claims the 13th Pennsylvania Powerball jackpot on February 28th – walking away with a fantastic cash lump sum of US$ 46.6 Million – having split the top prize with a Delaware Powerball winner.

The final Match 6 Lotto draw is held on March 10th.

The Super 7 is reintroduced by the PA Lottery on March 11th. 11 numbers out of 77 are drawn with players picking 7 numbers and 7 correct numbers needed to win the jackpot.

Sales begin for the next Millionaire Raffle game on April 27th.

The eighth PALottery Millionaire Raffle is drawn on July 4th.

July 9th saw the third largest largest jackpot to be won on the PA Lottery Powerball when Scott and Marian Calligan from Cranberry Township, Butler County scooped US$ 73.6 Million having shared the top prize with a ticket purchased by a Missouri Powerball player.

August sees the Pennsylvania Lottery enter into partnership with the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers to bring out a new Instant game.

On October 9th an agreement was made between the Mega Millions Consortium and the MUSL – Multi State Lottery Association – to allow the cross-sales of Mega Millions tickets within States that offered the Powerball game and the sale of Powerball Tickets within States that offered the Mega Millions. The Penn State Lottery would be selling Mega Millions Tickets come January.

A brand new US$ 2 Instant game is brought out by the PA Lottery in December – this game features the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins.

2010

The ninth PA Lottery Millionaire Raffle is held on January 2nd.

On January 31st Lotto PA began the sales of its own PA Mega Millions tickets as a result of the cross-selling agreement made between the Mega Millions Consortium and the MUSL – Multi-State Lottery Association.

In the very first Mega Millions draw in which Pennsylvania Lottery players take part – on Feebruary 2nd – there is a PA Lottery second prize level winner who scoops US$ 250,000.

In the Mega Millions draw of March 9th – the Pennsylvania Lottery has another big winner when Gary Falk from Port Allegany, McKean County wins a prize of US$ 250,000 which immediately doubles to US$ 500,000 as he has played using the MEGAPLIER option.

The final draw of the Super 7 takes place on April 27th. There are no jackpot winners so the US$ 4.8 Million up for grabs rolls down to the lower prize levels.

A new Instant game costing US$2 is introduced by the PA Lottery and the Hershey Company – it’s called Reese’s and debuts in May.

The PALottery begin sales for its 10th Millionaire Raffle game on May 14th.

The final draw for the Mix & Match game is held by the Pennsylvania Lottery on May 31st.

Match 6 is reintroduced to the PA Lottery portfolio on June 1st – with jackpots starting at US$ 500,000 just like before.

The 10th Pennsylvania Lottery Millionaire Raffle is drawn on July 10th.

2013

The biggest Match 6 Lotto jackpot won to date of US$ 7.3 Million is won on October 3rd by a lucky winner from Cambria County.

PA Lottery – Where the Money Goes

Proceeds from the Pennsylvania Lottery are returned right back to the citizens of Pennsylvania – benefiting them in numerous ways

Firstly there’s the prize money – with 59% of money spent on PA Lotto games going into the prize pool that’s paid out to PA Lottery winners – vastly exceeding the 40% minimum required by PA State Law.

The PALottery is also proud to be the only USA Lottery company that channels its lottery proceeds exclusively towards programs that benefit the older citizens of the State of Pennsylvania.

Programs benefiting elderly Pennsylvania citizens that receive PALottery funding include Free and Shared Ride services, the PACE, PACENET and PACE Plus Medicare prescription programs, Long Term Living services, plus more than 600 Senior Community Centers that make up 52 Area Agencies on Aging plus Property Tax and Rent Rebates.

Since the first Pennsylvania Lottery tickets were sold in 1972 – the PA State Lottery has provided more than US$ 20.1 Million to the above any many other important programs.

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