PA Powerball Frenzy: 7 Tickets Net $9M, Pittsburgh Winner Scores $1M

Pennsylvania's lottery players struck gold in the April 30 Powerball drawing, with seven winning tickets totaling more than $9 million sold statewide, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery. The haul included one $1 million ticket from Allegheny County's Smoker Friendly on Rodi Road in Penn Hills, where a player matched the five white balls—3, 19, 35, 51, 67—but missed the red Powerball. Two $2 million prizes went to York and Philadelphia counties, while additional $1 million winners emerged in Philadelphia, Montgomery, and Erie counties, plus one online ticket.[1] The Penn Hills ticket highlights a suburban Pittsburgh hotspot for big wins, as Smoker Friendly joins a list of local retailers fueling dreams in Allegheny County, home to over 1.2 million residents. Statewide, more than 18,000 other Powerball tickets sold in Pennsylvania also secured smaller prizes, underscoring the drawing's broad impact on players from Erie near Lake Erie to Philadelphia's urban core.[1] While no Pennsylvania ticket claimed the $143 million jackpot—split by winners in Indiana and Kansas—the state's seven high-tier prizes outshine many drawings, with the next Powerball resetting to $20 million ($9.1 million cash value) for Saturday's game. Lottery officials remind winners to sign tickets immediately, store them securely, and call 1-800-692-7481 to initiate claims, a process that can take up to 180 days for prizes over $2,500.[1]