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Winning Mega Millions Ticket Sold in Bensalem

A winning Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000 was sold at Bensalem Beer & Soda.

One lucky person purchased a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000 at a Bensalem store, according to PR Newswire.

The winning ticket, which was purchased at Bensalem Beer & Soda, located at 1919 Street Rd., correctly matched all five white balls, 14-27-34-37-41, but not the yellow Mega Ball 38, for a prize of $250,000, less 25 percent federal withholding, according to the newswire story.

Lottery officials will identify the winner after the prize is claimed and the ticket is validated, the release said. Mega Millions winners have one year to claim prizes from the drawing date. (Learn how to file your claim here.)

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Bensalem Beer & Soda will be awarded $500 for selling a winning ticket, the release said.

Information on the Pennsylvania Lottery website said that no one hit the jackpot, which rolls to $26 million for the Tuesday, March 26 drawing. Only one person hit all five numbers for $250,000 and one person hit four of the five numbers and the Mega Ball, receiving $10,000. More than 12,000 other players won $2 to $150.

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Bensalem Beer & Soda sold a winning ticket for the same amount back in January 2011.

Here are some places to buy a Mega Millions ticket in Bensalem for an upcoming drawing:

  • Diamond Check Cashing
  • Neshaminy News
  • Taqwa Food Mart
  • Bensalem Beer & Soda
  • Keystone News Agency
  • Speedy Auto Tags
  • Valley Pack n Mail
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