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Indiana Township Pizzeria Sells $214 Million in Powerball Winners


Indiana Township Pizzeria Sells 4 Million in Powerball Winners

The owner of an Indiana Township pizzeria was shocked to learn that he would take home a $100,000 bonus for selling a winning Powerball ticket on Monday.

“Really? I had no idea!” said Jinal Pandit. “This is pretty awesome.”

Pandit has owned AJ’s Pizza on the corner of Harts Run Road for about four years and said the PA lottery draws a steady stream of customers. He doesn’t know who bought the $214 million jackpot winner.

“I hope it’s someone who needs it and deserves it,” he said.

The winners have one year to claim their money.

The winning ticket matched all five white numbers drawn (9-22-57-67-68) and the red Powerball number 14.

The buyer can demand an annual payout of $214 million or a lump sum payment of $106 million.

The jackpot has been running since July 3, when the last winner in Ohio took home $139 million.

“The Pennsylvania Lottery congratulates the lucky winner and our retailer,” lottery executive director Drew Svitko said in a press release.

Monday’s win was the sixth Powerball jackpot this year and the 20th in Pennsylvania since the game was introduced in 1992.

The last time a Powerball ticket with a jackpot was sold in Pennsylvania was in August 2022, when the Sheetz in New Stanton sold a ticket with a jackpot of $207 million.

Tawnya Panizzi is a reporter for TribLive. She joined the Trib in 1997. Reach her at [email protected].

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