Bucks ticket wins $800K Cash 5 jackpot

A big payday is coming for someone who bought their Pennsylvania Cash 5 ticket at a Bucks County store: A ticket sold in Doylestown won $800,000 in Thursday's drawing.

The ticket matched all five numbers drawn (2, 6, 8, 26 and 41) to win the top prize.

It was sold at the Country Food Market at 203 W. State St., the Pennsylvania Lottery said.

The retailer will get a $5,000 bonus for selling the jackpot-winning ticket.

The winner has one year from the drawing date to claim the prize.

In other lottery news:

The jackpot for Friday night's Mega Millions drawing is up to $233 million for the annuity, or an estimated $143 million cash. The top prize rolled over after no one matched all five white balls (1, 39, 52, 69 and 72) and the Mega Ball of 12 on Tuesday.

The Mega Millions jackpot has been on the rise since it was last hit on by a New York ticket on March 24. If hit, the $233 million prize would be the second-largest this year, following the $265 million won by an Illinois ticket in January.

Powerball's jackpot is also surging, and now stands at $171 million for the annuity, or $107.1 million for the cash option, for Saturday's drawing. It rolled over after no one matched the five white balls (8, 15, 34, 53 and 59) and the Powerball of 23 in Wednesday's drawing.

That top prize has been increasing since it was last won on April 18. Saturday's jackpot is the lottery's highest since it climbed to $564 million in February. Three tickets, sold in North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Texas, split that jackpot.

A ticket sold in Monmouth County was the New Jersey Lottery's highest-value instant game winner in April, lottery officials said. Jorge Camarillo-Cholula took home a lump-sum payment of more than $1.5 million after he won the top prize on a $2,500 A Week For Life instant ticket, purchased at Pinebrook Liquor & Deli in Tinton Falls.

He and four others won prizes valued at $1 million or more through instant-ticket games last month, the lottery said.

Locally, the top instant game prize in New Jersey in April was the $20,000 won on a $20,000 PayDay ticket, which was sold at S&S Food Mart at 212 S. Evergreen Ave. in Woodbury, Gloucester County.