Playing the Pennsylvania Lottery

Posted on April 20th, 2008

The Pennsylvania lottery has a lot to offer the state’s citizens. Not only is playing the PA Lottery a fun way to spend a little extra cash, but it also benefits a great cause. Other than prizes, the largest percentages of revenue generated from the PA lottery goes to help older residents of the state. It funds mass transit for the elderly, low prescription drug cost programs and a variety of public community centers for seniors. The state of Pennsylvania is the only state that uses its lottery revenue to fund programs for the elderly.

There are a variety of different drawings games available to those who participate in the Pennsylvania lottery. The Daily Number game is a popular game that merely involves picking a three-digit number. You can place your bet in a number of different ways, with different wagers ranging from fifty cents to six dollars. There are many different ways to play Daily Number, and these will give you different PA lottery result odds. For instance, you can play it boxed, which means you win if the numbers themselves match no matter the order. If you choose the ‘box two digits’ game, you must choose two of the name digit plus the number one. You can win if these are drawn in any order. There are a variety of other ways to play the Daily Number game, each with different odds of winning.

The Pennsylvania Cash 5 drawing is another popular game in the state. Drawings are held every evening, and the game involves choosing five numbers each ranging between one and thirty-nine. If you match all of the numbers, you win a prize. Tickets for this game cost one dollar each, and the prizes are awarded in accordance with how many tickets are sold. The grand prize is equal to approximately fifty-three percent of half of the number of tickets sold for the particular drawing.

In addition to Powerball the Pennsylvania lottery will begin offering players the opportunity to purchase lottery tickets for the popular Mega Millions lottery on January 31st 2010. The move is expected to boost sales and provide more money for programs aimed at senior citizens. In a country without universal health care the money generated by the Pennsylvania can mean the difference between treatment or no treatment for many older Pennsylvanians. Like most state lotteries in the US the Pennsylvania lotto does not sell online lottery tickets. Once details are worked out at the federal level most states are expected to offer online lottery tickets to increase ticket sales.