Pennsylvania Lottery Official Site (2024)

FAQs

Does Pennsylvania have the Lottery? ›

The Pennsylvania Lottery sold its first tickets on March 7, 1972 and drew its first numbers on March 15, 1972. Middletown, Pennsylvania, U.S. Benefits Older Pennsylvanians.

The Pennsylvania Lottery will make every attempt to contact each winner via email within three (3) business days of the winners being announced. If your name is listed as a winner and you have not yet been contacted, please contact the Pennsylvania Lottery, toll-free, at 1-800-692-7481.

When you play PA Lottery Online games and win, prizes are paid directly to your account. Play 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

If an entry is selected as a winner and rejected or otherwise disqualified during or following the Drawing, the Lottery will select another entry to replace the rejected or otherwise disqualified entry in accordance with these rules and Lottery procedure.

Yes, lottery winnings are taxable under state and federal law. In Pennsylvania, all lottery winnings are subject to the commonwealth's 3.07% state personal income tax, plus an additional 24% through federal taxes.

Residents. Pennsylvania taxes resident individuals, estates or trusts on all gambling and lottery winnings from every source, except noncash winnings of the Pennsylvania Lottery, regardless of where the wager is placed.

Claiming your prize in Pennsylvania

According to the PA Lottery website, it typically takes about four to six weeks to receive your winnings. It's important to note that lottery winners in Pennsylvania cannot remain anonymous. The website states this is to let people know that the winners are real people.

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Most prize checks will arrive in four to six weeks after your claim has been received at Lottery headquarters and validated, but often less time. Some claims submitted in December cannot be processed until January so that prize payments and tax forms will be issued in the same calendar year.

PAiLottery.com utilizes the most advanced security and encryption technologies available, to ensure that your transaction and privacy are completely secure. If you have any questions about playing for real money, or problems making a real money deposit, please contact us at support@pailottery.com.

How much tax do you pay on $1 million lottery winnings? ›

In practice, there is a 24 percent federal withholding of the gross prize, plus the remaining tax, based on your filing status. For example, if your gross prize is $1,000,000, you need to pay $334,072 in total taxes ($240,000 federal withholding, plus the remaining $94,072 for single filing status in 2021).

Players must be located within Pennsylvania for online play.

The system won't let you submit more than 500 2nd Chance codes a month. How will I know if I'm a Lottery winner? If you win, you'll be notified by email to sign into your Lottery account for “important information.” When you log in, you'll be notified about your prize and a link to a 2nd Chance Winner Claim Form.

YES! The Pennsylvania Lottery's official mobile app can be used to check tickets to see if they are winners.

Scan your code into 2nd Chance using the California Lottery Official App. Entering your non-winning Scratchers ticket into 2nd Chance gives you the chance to win up to $25,000. Every $1 you play equals another 2nd Chance entry. A $5 ticket gives you five entries, a $10 ticket gives you 10 entries and so on.

In Pennsylvania, all forms of gambling are illegal unless specifically authorized by law. The Pennsylvania Lottery, bingo, slots, table games and small games of chance are forms of gaming authorized by law.

You can also purchase tickets for PA Lottery Draw games including Powerball®, Mega Millions®, and all of the PICK Games.

By law, players must be 18 or older to play the PA Lottery, and online players must be located within the state of Pennsylvania to play games online and win prizes.

Use your card everywhere Discover^® is accepted, including purchasing lottery tickets. Note, the maximum Play+ account balance at any time is $25,000.