$1.5 Million-Winning Lottery Ticket Sold In Roxborough

ROXBOROUGH, PHILADELPHIA — A Roxborough business sold a Pennsylvania lottery ticket worth nearly $1.5 million, officials said.

According to the Pennsylvania Lottery, Commissary Food Market at 5255 Ridge Ave. in Roxborough, sold a progressive top prize-winning ticket worth $1,483,163 for the Pennsylvania Lottery’s Fast Cash Fever game.

The business is getting a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

Fast Cash Fever is a $20 Fast Play game that offers progressive top prizes starting at $200,000.

Fast Play games print on-demand from a Lottery sales terminal or self-service touch-screen vending terminal and are similar to Scratch-Off games, but without the need to scratch a ticket or wait for a drawing.

To see if they’ve won a prize, players can review the ticket, or scan it at a Lottery retailer or with the ticket checker feature on the Lottery’s Official App.

The holder of a top-prize winning Fast Play ticket should immediately sign the back of the ticket and call the Lottery at 1-800-692-7481.

Prizes must be claimed and tickets validated before winners can be identified.

Fast Play prizes must be claimed within one year of the ticket’s purchase date.

All lottery prizes more than $5,000 are subject to applicable withholding.