ACTION NEWS FOR THE GREENSBURG NEWSSTAND IN WEST BERLIN COUNTY IS CELEBRATING A BIG LOTTERY WIN. IT WASN’T THE BIG JACKPOT, BUT ONE LUCKY CUSTOMER WHO PLAYED MEGA MILLIONS IS HOLDING THE $1 MILLION WINNING TICKET TONIGHT. THE OWNER OF THE STORE SAYS HE WAS JUST AS SHOCKED AS THE WINNER WHO ORIGINALLY THOUGHT HE ONLY WON $1,000. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE IN THAT THE ODDS OF HITTING THE MEGA MILLION EVEN FIVE BALLS, IS. 12 MILLION TO 1, 12.6 MILLION TO 1. SO WE’VE BEEN HERE FOR TEN YEARS. AND THAT’S THE BIGGEST ONE BY FAR THAT WE’VE EVER HAD. YEAH, IT IS. AND THAT’S A NICE SURPRISE, KNOWING YOU NOW HAVE MORE MONEY NOW BEFORE THE $1 MILLION WINNING TICKET, THE LARGEST WINNER FOR THE GREENSBUR
Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Greensburg wins $1 million prize
The Pa. Lottery says the ticket was sold at The Greensburg Newsstand in Westmoreland County.
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Updated: 1:24 PM EDT Apr 12, 2023
It wasn't the big jackpot, but a lucky customer who played Mega Millions in Westmoreland County is holding a $1 million winning ticket.Pennsylvania Lottery officials said the ticket from Friday's drawing was sold at The Greensburg Newsstand on West Otterman Street."We've been here 10 years, and that's the biggest one by far that we've ever had," store owner Allan Lydic said.The ticket matched all five white balls drawn — 12, 32, 49, 51, 66 — but not the yellow Mega Ball, which was 21.The holder of the ticket has one year to come forward and claim the prize. The store will get a $5,000 bonus for selling the ticket.This marks the second lottery prize of $1 million in Westmoreland County in recent weeks after someone won big on a scratch-off ticket at a North Huntingdon pharmacy.Because no ticket matched all six balls drawn, the Mega Millions jackpot will grow to an estimated $441 million for the next drawing Tuesday.
GREENSBURG, Pa. — It wasn't the big jackpot, but a lucky customer who played Mega Millions in Westmoreland County is holding a $1 million winning ticket.
Pennsylvania Lottery officials said the ticket from Friday's drawing was sold at The Greensburg Newsstand on West Otterman Street.
"We've been here 10 years, and that's the biggest one by far that we've ever had," store owner Allan Lydic said.
The ticket matched all five white balls drawn — 12, 32, 49, 51, 66 — but not the yellow Mega Ball, which was 21.
The holder of the ticket has one year to come forward and claim the prize. The store will get a $5,000 bonus for selling the ticket.
This marks the second lottery prize of $1 million in Westmoreland County in recent weeks after someone won big on a scratch-off ticket at a North Huntingdon pharmacy.
Because no ticket matched all six balls drawn, the Mega Millions jackpot will grow to an estimated $441 million for the next drawing Tuesday.
