PA Lottery Player Hits Powerball Jackpot For Over $200 Million
PA Lottery Player Hits Powerball Jackpot For Over $200 Million. A single ticket sold in Westmoreland County hit PowerBall’s $206.9 million Grand Prize on Wednesday, Aug. 3. It was the third jackpot of the summer awarded by the two main multi-state draw games.
The most recent second-tier winner of the PA Lottery is a $3 million Mega Millions ticket with the Megaplier option bought at Tobacco Outlet in Stroudsburg. The largest prizes can only be claimed in person at the lottery office in Middletown.
Wednesday's Powerball jackpot landed a spot on our list of the five largest PA Lottery jackpots.
PA Lottery Player Hits Powerball Jackpot For Over $200 million. Mega Millions has awarded three jackpots over $1 billion since 2016. Power Ball has been sold in the state for 8 years longer and players buy more PowerBall tickets than Mega Million tickets. The difference in odds between the two games is due to the $ 1 ticket option offered by both. With Power Play, the second-tier prize is only doubled, no matter what multiplier is drawn.