Match 6 Lotto Jackpot Will Top $6M Thursday

Pennsylvania Lottery’s Match 6 Lotto jackpot will exceed $6 million for the Thursday drawing – the second-highest level on record.

A jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 tickets worth $700,000 was sold at Weis Market, 1500 N. Cedar Crest Blvd. in South Whitehall last August.

The game’s largest jackpot was a $6.9 million prize won in 2007.

No one has hit the Match 6 jackpot since one ticket matched all six winning numbers in the May 13 drawing. 

Match 6 drawings are held Monday and Thursday.

Here are some local places to buy lottery tickets:

• Giant Food Store, 3100 Tilghman St.
• G & K Pharmacy, 4680 Broadway
• Mailbox Pack and Ship, 3140 Tilghman St.
• Weis Market, 1500 N. Cedar Crest Blvd.

The odds of winning the Match 6 Lotto jackpot are roughly 1-in-4.6 million, among the Pennsylvania Lottery’s best odds of winning a multi-million-dollar jackpot.

How to Play Match 6 Lotto: Match 6 tickets cost $2 each. Players can choose six numbers from 1 to 49 or have numbers randomly selected by computer. The computer will then randomly select an additional two sets of six numbers, for three lines of six numbers each or 18 numbers total. Players can win up to four times on each ticket – once on each of three lines (base play) and by combining all 18 numbers (combined play).