PA Man Claims Powerball Jackpot
51-year-old Steven Lloyd of Harding, Luzerne County has claimed the 12th largest prize ever awarded by the Pennsylvania Lottery. Lloyd describes his winning November 19th Powerball ticket as a random purchase at the Turkey Hill in Exeter. He used the change from buying his coffee and granola bar to make the Quick Pick purchase. “I said, oh, just put the five dollars on Powerball,” Lloyd explained during a news conference at the Pennsylvania Lottery headquarters in Dauphin County.
Lloyd had to have his winning ticket validated at the Lottery headquarters on Monday morning. “The Thanksgiving holiday weekend was the longest weekend of my life, because I had a ticket worth 30-some million dollars that I had to worry about for four or five days,” Lloyd said with a nervous laugh.
The November 19th jackpot was $59.9-million dollar annuity, but Lloyd went with the cash option that grosses him $37.6-million dollars before taxes. He may not be a regular Lottery player, but Lloyd is now the 14th Pennsylvanians to win a Powerball jackpot. He wants to use his newfound wealth to “pay it forward.”
The winning combination for the drawing was 09 – 16 – 17 – 28 – 30, Powerball 11.
