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Pennsylvania: Friday's Super 7 Drawing Produces Game's First Jackpot Win

Fri May 29, 2009 11:14pm EDT
Game Debuted March 13; One Ticket Wins $8.26 Million Jackpot Prize

MIDDLETOWN, Pa., May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One ticket matched seven of
the eleven winning numbers, 02-04-09-12-17-19-24-28-41-42-53, in the May 29
Super 7 drawing.  Friday night's winning jackpot is worth $8.26 million
annuity, less 25 percent federal withholding.  

This is the twenty-third drawing of the new Super 7 game and the first jackpot
prize to be awarded.  The jackpot starts at $1 million annuity and continues
to roll until won. 

Pennsylvania Lottery officials cannot announce the identity of Friday's Super
7 jackpot winner until a prize has been claimed and a ticket validated.  The
Pennsylvania Lottery encourages the holder of a winning ticket to sign the
back of the ticket, contact a financial adviser, and then contact Pennsylvania
Lottery Headquarters, (717) 702-8146.

Super 7 jackpots must be claimed by presenting a winning ticket at
Pennsylvania Lottery Headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County, or at any of
the Lottery's seven regional offices located throughout the commonwealth. 
Claims may be filed at Headquarters Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. until 4
p.m., and from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at regional Lottery offices.  

The Super 7 jackpot returns to a $1 million annuity and estimated $490,000
cash value for the Tuesday, June 2, drawing.  Live, televised Super 7 drawings
are conducted every Tuesday and Friday at 6:59 p.m., along with The Daily
Number, BIG 4, Quinto, and CASH 5.

How to play Super 7: Players receive one play for $2.  Players select seven
numbers from 1 to 77, or they may elect the quick-pick, computer-selection
method.  To win the jackpot - which starts at $1 million annuity and grows
until it is hit - players must match seven of the 11 numbers drawn; the pool
of numbers available to play ranges from 1 to 77.  Odds of winning the jackpot
prize are 1-in-7,287,298; overall odds of winning any prize are 1-in-20.2.

About the Pennsylvania Lottery:  The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only
state lottery that designates all its proceeds to programs that benefit older
residents.  Since its inception 37 years ago, the Pennsylvania Lottery has
contributed more than $18.3 billion to programs that include property tax and
rent rebates; free and reduced-fare transit; the low-cost prescription drug
programs PACE and PACENET; long-term care services; and the 52 Area Agencies
on Aging, including more than 600 full- and part-time senior centers
throughout the state.  The Pennsylvania Lottery reminds its players to play
responsibly.  Players must be 18 or older.

For more information on the Pennsylvania Lottery, visit www.palottery.com.

SOURCE  Pennsylvania Lottery

Stephanie Weyant, Revenue Press Office of Pennsylvania Lottery,
+1-717-787-6960



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