Who Bought $1M Powerball Ticket in Langhorne?

Before the Powerball jackpot rolled to $400 million – the third-highest level in game history – for the Aug. 7 drawing, one winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million from the Aug. 3 drawing was sold in Bucks County.

The ticket, sold by 7-Eleven, 1205 E. Lincoln Highway, Langhorne, correctly matched all five white balls, 21-24-36-42-45, but not the red Powerball 15, for a $1 million second-tier prize, less 25 percent federal withholding.

 The retailer will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

Lottery officials cannot confirm the identity of the winner until the prize is claimed and the ticket is validated. Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes.

The Lottery encourages the holder of the winning ticket to sign the back of the ticket, call the Lottery at 717-702-8146 and file a claim at Lottery headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County, or at any of Lottery’s seven area offices.

Claims may be filed at headquarters Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at area offices.

More than 124,900 other Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball tickets won prizes of up to $40,000 in the Aug. 3 drawing, so all players are reminded to always check their tickets.

The Powerball jackpot grew to an estimated annuity value of $400 million, or $230.3 million cash, for the Wednesday, Aug. 7, drawing.

In the 2011-12 fiscal year, the Pennsylvania Lottery awarded more than $86.9 million in prizes to Bucks County winners and contributed nearly $36.4 million to programs serving the county’s older residents.