Pennsylvania Lottery: Match 6 Lotto and Powerball

The Pennsylvania Lottery was established by the Legislature in 1971. The primary purpose of creating the Lottery was, and remains, to generate funds to benefit programs for the Commonwealth's older residents.

Since 1972, when its first game went on sale, the Pennsylvania Lottery has contributed more than $13.8 billion to programs such as Property Tax/Rent Rebate, administered by the Department of Revenue; the Mass Transit Program for older citizens administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation; the low-cost prescription drug programs PACE and PACENET, administered by the Department of Aging, and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging throughout the Commonwealth, including 650 full and part-time senior community centers.

Today, the Pennsylvania Lottery is the only state lottery in the nation that exclusively targets all of its net proceeds to programs for older residents. In fiscal year 2002-2003, the Lottery achieved sales of more than $2.13 billion; program contributions were over $800 million.

By law, the Pennsylvania Lottery must contribute 30 cents of each dollar earned to programs and 40 cents to players in the form of prize money. Over the past five years, the Lottery has surpassed both requirements, having contributed approximately 38 cents to programs, while approximately 50 cents went back to players in the form of prize money.

The Lottery operates on approximately 2.2 percent, making it one of the most efficiently run lotteries in the nation.

As an agency of state government, the Pennsylvania Lottery is a successful enterprise of which all Pennsylvanians can be proud.

For Match 6 Lotto, you select 6 numbers from 49. All six numbers are required to win first prize. There are 4 levels of prizes.

Click here to go to the PA Lottery home page. The PA Lottery home page will open in a new window, so when you are finished, just close it by clicking on the x in its upper right corner.

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