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$39,000 Prize for Win $1,000 A Week for Life ‘s Winner
by ALison White |
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$39,000 Prize for Win $1,000 A Week for Life ‘s Winner
Jeanette Annibella, a winner of the
Win $1,000 A Week for Life, has been presented with a $39,000 cheque by
Pennsylvania Lottery officials. Jeanette, a Forest County native, was handed
the cheque at Haller's Sporting Goods store. Haller’s owner, Menahem Thalkar,
was awarded a cash bonus of $10,000 as a reward for selling the winning
top prize ticket. The top prize
of $2 scratch card game is paid out in annual chunks of $52,000, minus
25% federal deductions. Since the game was launched eleven years ago, there
have now been eighty-one winners. The day after Jeanette Annibella filed
her claim at Lottery headquarters, James M. Pettner of Freedom, Beaver
County, became the 81st winner of $1,000 a week for life. Win $1,000 A
Week for Life is actually three games in one, plus a Fast Cash BONUS box.
WIN FOR LIFE is a $2 instant game with nine chances to win
on each ticket and a top prize of $1,000 a week for life ($1 million is
guaranteed), which goes a long way to explaining the popularity of the
game for over a decade. The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state
Lottery that designates all its proceeds to programs that benefit older
citizens. Since its inception more than 31 years ago, the Lottery has contributed
more than $16.5 billion to programs that include property tax and rent
rebates; free and reduced-fare transit; the co-pay prescription drug programs
PACE and PACENET; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including 650 full-
and part-time senior centers throughout Pennsylvania. In fiscal year 2005-2006,
the Lottery achieved sales of more than $3.07 billion. By law, the Pennsylvania
Lottery must contribute 30 cents of each dollar earned to programs and
40 cents to players in the form of prize money. The Lottery surpassed these
requirements again in fiscal year 2005-2006, contributing about 31 cents
of each dollar to programs for older residents, while about 58 cents was
returned to players in the form of prize money.
Article Source:
Amazines.Com
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