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$7.5 Million Jackpot-Winning PA Lottery Ticket Sold In Pittsburgh Area

The winning ticket provides the winner with $7.5 million or $500,000 annually for life.

BEAVER COUNTY, PA — A Pennsylvania Lottery retailer in Beaver County sold a top prize on the $500,000 a Year for Life scratch-off ticket.

The Speedway on 5th Street in New Brighton will receive a $10,000 payment for selling the winning ticket.

The $500,000 a Year for Life game is a $20 game ticket that offers an annuity option of $500,000 a year for life or a cash option of $7.25 million.

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Scratch-off prizes expire one year from the game's end-sale date posted at palottery.com. Winners should immediately sign the back of their ticket and call the Lottery at 1-800-692-7481.

Scratch-offs are distributed at random, meaning the Pennsylvania Lottery and its retailers do not know where winning tickets will be sold. The lottery learns where winning tickets are sold only after a prize has been claimed.

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