An Erie County guy wins $900,000 recently in scratch off lottery game
One lucky ticket holder from Erie County is taking home a big jackpot worth of $1 million after winning the Cash 5 jackpot this week.
The Cash 5 winning lottery ticket was sold out on Thursday, at the Kwik Fill gas station in the 4700 block of West Ridge Road and matched all five winning numbers 10-21-27-33-39.
The Kwik Fill's store owner also got a big bonus worth of $5,000 bonus for selling the ticket.
According to the Pennsylvania Lottery, the chances of winning the Cash 5 jackpot prize are 1 in 962,598 while the overall chances of winning any prize in the main Cash 5 game.
The Pennsylvania lottery is the only state lottery that directs proceeds to programs benefitting older citizens and has contributed over $23 million in Erie County alone during the 2021-22 fiscal year.
