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Seven Share in Powerball Prize

MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania – (PRESS RELEASE) -- The seven employees of a National City Bank branch located at 364 Center Avenue in Butler jointly won an $853,492 prize in a recent Powerball drawing.

Cindy Holben of Chicora and Marian West, Patricia Heyl, Deborah Schnur, Kimberly Hughes, Susan Sheptak and Charlene Cook -- all of Butler -- plan to equally divide the $853,492 prize. The co-workers' winning ticket matched all five white balls, 07-21-43-44-49, but not the red Powerball, 29, in the Wednesday, Oct. 19, Powerball drawing.

West, who purchased the winning ticket and claimed the prize on behalf of the group, said this was the first time the seven co-workers purchased Powerball tickets together. Each contributed $5, and West purchased 35 Powerball tickets at lunchtime on the day of the drawing.

"We took pictures of the tickets and locked them up at the bank," West said.

West said she and Heyl were the first to realize that they held a winning ticket, and they quickly called the rest of the group members to share the news.

"This really is going to make a big difference for all of us," said Holben, the bank's manager. "But until we actually see the money, it's kind of hard for us to tell what we'll do with it."

The National City Bank employees' winning ticket was purchased at a Sheetz Inc. store located at 100 Freeport Road in Butler. Sheetz will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

One jackpot-winning ticket was sold in Oregon for the Oct. 19 Powerball drawing. The record jackpot has an annuity value of $340 million and a cash value of $164.4 million. Ten tickets sold in Pennsylvania matched five-of- five white ball numbers to win $853,492 each. The second prize ticket holders receive $200,000 for matching all five Powerball numbers, plus an additional $653,492 from the first-ever Match 5 Bonus Prize Pool, for total winnings of $853,492, less 25 percent federal withholding.

In Pennsylvania, Powerball and PowerPlay sales totaled more than $130 million for the record Powerball jackpot run from August 13 through Oct. 19. Since 32.2 cents of every Lottery dollar is dedicated to programs benefiting older residents, the jackpot run contributed almost $42 million to the Lottery Fund.

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