A Scottdale convenience store sold a $1.5 million-winning Super Star Scratch-Off Pennsylvania Lottery ticket on Wednesday, giving Lottery Near Me readers a clear answer: the prize was sold locally, and a claim has already been filed. Ewa Swope said the winner has not been identified.
The ticket cost $30, and Par Mar Stores on North Broadway Street will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling it. The Pennsylvania Lottery says prizes above $5,000 are subject to applicable withholding taxes, so the jackpot will not be paid out in full.
Par Mar Stores on North Broadway Street
The sale turned a routine purchase into the largest specific prize in the report. Because Scratch-Offs are distributed at random, the lottery does not know in advance where a winning ticket will land, which is why a local store can end up selling a top prize without warning.
That randomness is the practical detail buyers often miss. A ticket can be bought anywhere the game is offered, but the retailer still gets a fixed bonus when a winning ticket is sold there, and in this case that bonus is $10,000.
Ewa Swope on the claim
Swope said, "a claim has been filed for the winning prize." That means the paperwork has started moving, but the jackpot has not yet been tied to a named winner by the lottery.
The open point is simple: who filed the claim for the $1.5 million prize? Until that is identified, the sale is the confirmed local result, while the payout remains in the claim stage.
palottery.com deadline
Winners have one year from the game’s end-sale date, which is posted on the palottery.com website, to file for Scratch-Off prizes. For anyone checking their own ticket, the immediate next step is to verify the game and watch the deadline tied to that posted date.
For this Scottdale ticket, the key reader takeaway is straightforward: the winning ticket was sold, the claim has been filed, and the winner has not been identified yet.
