$540,000 lottery ticket sold at Philadelphia gas station

Pile of money
Pile of money.

Philadelphia, PA — A progressive top prize-winning ticket worth $540,229 for the Pennsylvania Lottery’s Bang Boom Ka-Pow game was sold at a Lottery retailer in Philadelphia on Wednesday, August 11. Sunoco, 630 Walnut Lane, Philadelphia, receives a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. Bang Boom Ka-Pow is a $5 Fast Play game that offers progressive top prizes starting at $50,000. 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. Visit palottery.com to review rules, chances of winning and learn how to play Fast Play games.