Jackpot-Winning Powerball Ticket Claimed in Pennsylvania

MIDDLETOWN, Pa., April 27, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A jackpot-winning Powerball® ticket from the March 17, 2018, drawing has been claimed, the Pennsylvania Lottery announced today. The jackpot had an advertised annuity value of $456.7 million.

The claimant, Emerald Legacy Trust, opted to receive a cash prize of $273,959,698, less 24 percent federal and 3.07 percent state tax withholding. The after-tax prize amount is $199,798,807.75.

The winning ticket, sold at Speedway, 675 Lancaster Road, Manheim, Lancaster County, matched all five white balls, 22-57-59-60-66, and the red Powerball 07, to win Powerball's eighth-largest jackpot on record.

It is the largest prize ever awarded by the Pennsylvania Lottery as well as the state's 18^th Powerball jackpot win.

The chances of winning the Powerball jackpot are approximately 1 in 292 million.

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