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Local Pharmacy On The Main Line Sells Million-Dollar Lottery Ticket
The longtime neighborhood pharmacy will receive $5K for making the winning sale.
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MERION STATION, PA — A small business in Lower Merion sold a winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million.
Babis Pharmacy — a longtime neighborhood pharmacy with a gift shop — sold a ticket that ticket that matched all five white balls in Wednesday's Powerball drawing.
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The business will receive $5,000 for making the winning sale.
Wednesday's winning numbers were 5-15-26-29-30, plus 14 for the red Powerball.
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The ticket from Babis Pharmacy didn't match the red ball, so Saturday's Powerball drawing will have an estimated value of $360 million, or a one-time cash payment of $153.6 million.
Babis is a longtime independent pharmacy that also contains a gift-basket shop called Love From Home. The business is located at 338 Montgomery Ave., Merion Station.
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