MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA – One very lucky lottery ticket bought in Lackawanna County has become the largest Fast Play progressive top prize ticket. This Top Dollar game won $1,926,996.
The ticket was purchased at Convenient Food Mart on South Main Street in Carbondale on May 28th.
The retailer will receive a $10K bonus for selling the winning ticket.
According to lottery officials, “Top Dollar is a $20 Fast Play game that offers progressive top prizes starting at $300,000. 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. 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 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’s purchase date. All lottery prizes more than $5,000 are subject to applicable withholding. Visit palottery.com to review rules, chances of winning and learn how to play Fast Play games.”
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