(File Photo of the Pennsylvania Lottery Logo and a Television Broadcast from a Pennsylvania Lottery drawing)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Someone won $1 million from a Powerball ticket on Wednesday night when they bought that winning ticket at a Shell gas station on Painters Run Road in Scott Township of Allegheny County. According to Pennsylvania Lottery officials, this winning ticket owned by this winning person matched all five white balls drawn: 3, 16, 29, 61, 69, to win a $1 million prize, before taxes and lottery officials confirm the gas station where the ticket was sold will get a $5,000 bonus. Someone also recently won $100,000 from a lottery ticket after they recently bought one from a Giant Eagle grocery store in Slippery Rock in Butler County. According to lottery officials, this winning ticket from this winning person matched four of the white balls and the buyer also paid $1 for the Power Play option that doubled the prize from $50,000. According to the Powerball website, the jackpot for the next drawing tomorrow is estimated at $1.7 billion with a cash value of $770 million: which would be the third-largest in U.S. lottery history.