Pittsburgh hospital sells $1.5M winning lottery ticket to lucky player
The Pennsylvania Lottery announced that one of its retailers has sold a ticket worth $1.5 million. The lucky ticket landed in a women's hospital in Pittsburgh, according to the announcement.
The Ticket Was Sold at a Women's Hospital in Pittsburgh
Lottery officials added that the fortunate Allegheny County ticket holder bought their ticket at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, 300 Halket St., Pittsburgh. The store is set to receive a $10,000 for selling the ticket, per the lottery's policy.
The Pennsylvania Lottery added that the still-unknown player had chosen a Cash Spectacular ticket. For context, Cash Spectacular is a $30 game where players can win prizes of up to $1.5 million. In this case, the winner grabbed one of the game's top prizes.
As of the time of this writing, there are still eight top prizes of $1.5 million remaining in the game. In addition to that, there are also three second-tier prizes of $150,000 that have yet to be won.
The overall chances of winning any prize from Cash Spectacular, including break-even prizes, are 1 in 3.57, according to official Pennsylvania Lottery data.
