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Two Winners for 'Lucky for Life' Jackpot

MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Monday night's drawing of the Pennsylvania Lottery's groundbreaking new lotto game, LUCKY FOR LIFE, has produced two jackpot-prize winners. In the August 8 drawing, two tickets each matched all six winning numbers, 03-05-17-21-24-36; each ticket wins the game's top prize of $3,000 a month for life. LUCKY FOR LIFE now is drawn Mondays and Thursdays.

Pennsylvania Lottery officials cannot confirm the identity of Monday night's LUCKY FOR LIFE jackpot winners until the prizes have been claimed and the tickets validated. The Lottery encourages the holders of the winning tickets to sign the back of the ticket, contact a financial adviser, and then contact Lottery Headquarters, (717) 986-4720. LUCKY FOR LIFE top prizes must be claimed by presenting winning tickets at Lottery headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

These are the third and fourth LUCKY FOR LIFE jackpot-winning tickets sold in the past three months. In the May 4 drawing, Ruth Sanzick of Trevose, Montgomery County, matched all six winning LUCKY FOR LIFE numbers to win the $3,000-a-month-for-life top prize. Another ticket matched all six winning numbers in the July 27 LUCKY FOR LIFE drawing; a claim for that prize has been filed.

How to play LUCKY FOR LIFE LOTTO: Players receive one play for $2. Players select six numbers from 1 to 38, or they may elect the quick-pick, computer-selection method. With each $2 purchase, players have a chance to win the jackpot annuity prize of $3,000 a month for life, $1 million guaranteed, paid in annual installments of $36,000 per year less appropriate federal withholding, by matching all 6-of-6 winning numbers drawn. Prizes are set for matching 5-, 4- and 3-of-6 winning numbers. Odds of winning the LUCKY FOR LIFE LOTTO jackpot prize are 1-in-2,760,681. Odds of winning any prize are 1-in-11.5.

Players also can win $10 instantly for each $2 LUCKY FOR LIFE purchase. The instant-play portion at the bottom of each ticket will either indicate "Instant Winner $10" or "No Instant Win, Try Again." The odds of winning $10 instantly are 1-in-20 statewide. Instant wins can be paid to the player at the time of purchase. The player will then be issued an exchange ticket with the online LUCKY FOR LIFE portion of the ticket intact. Winning instant tickets can be redeemed up to one year after the purchase.

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