Lottery ticket sold at Shop ‘n Save in Western Pennsylvania wins $3 million

Someone bought a lucky scratch-off ticket at Shop ‘n Save on Route 8 in Richland Township

SUNDAY. ON BEHALF OF THE PENNSYLVANIA LOTTERY, I’M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE YOUR CEREMONIAL CHECK FOR $1 MILLION. CONGRATS, WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA’S NEWEST MILLION DOLLAR LOTTERY WINNER. INTRODUCED AT THE BELLE VERNON RESTAURANT WHERE SHE BOUGHT THAT WINNING SCRATCH OFF TICKET. FAYETTE COUNTY RESIDENT BRITTANY BOUTTE SAYS THAT SHE STILL CAN’T BELIEVE SHE WON THE MONEY, AND HAD TO ASK THE WAITRESS TO CHECK HER NUMBERS. YEAH. GOOD IDEA. SO THE SINGLE MOM WAS EATING DINNER AT THE RESTAURANT FOSTER HOUSE TWO IN BELLE VERNON, AFTER HER SON’S BASEBALL PRACTICE. NOW SHE RARELY BUYS A $20 SCRATCH OFF. BUT LAST WEEK, SHE DID, GIVING CREDIT TO HER KIDS. I ACTUALLY BOUGHT TICKETS EARLIER IN THE DAY AND I WAS LIKE, OH, I’M DONE WITH SCRATCH OFFS FOR A WHILE, AND MY KIDS EGGED ME ON TO BUY MORE. AND JUST SO HAPPENS THERE WAS A GUY STANDING UP THERE AND HE’S MY SON’S LIKE, LET’S BUY THE SAME ONES HE DID. SO WE DID, AND WE GOT THE LUCKY ONES AND HE DIDN’T. WAY TO GO, KIDS. SO BRITTANY IS A TITLE CLERK AT THE SEA HARBOR AUTO DEALERSHIP AND SAYS SHE WILL BUY A HOUSE SO EACH OF HER THREE KIDS CAN HAVE THEIR OWN ROOM. SHE’LL ALSO INVEST SOME OF THAT MONEY AND BUY HER SISTER LAURA,

Lottery ticket sold at Shop ‘n Save in Western Pennsylvania wins $3 million

Someone bought a lucky scratch-off ticket at Shop ‘n Save on Route 8 in Richland Township

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Updated: 12:12 PM EDT Oct 27, 2025

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A customer at an Allegheny County grocery store bought a scratch-off lottery ticket that turned out to be a big winner.Pennsylvania Lottery officials said a $3 million winning ticket was sold at Shop ‘n Save on William Flinn Highway (Route 8) in Richland Township.(Previous video above: Single mom in Western Pa. celebrates $1 million lottery win)The store will get a $10,000 bonus for selling the lucky ticket in the $3,000,000 Golden Ticket game, which costs $30 to play.In its announcement, the lottery said, “Scratch-Offs are distributed at random, meaning the Pennsylvania Lottery and its retailers do not know where winning tickets will be sold. The lottery learns where winning tickets are sold only after a prize has been claimed.”

GIBSONIA, Pa. —

A customer at an Allegheny County grocery store bought a scratch-off lottery ticket that turned out to be a big winner.

Pennsylvania Lottery officials said a $3 million winning ticket was sold at Shop ‘n Save on William Flinn Highway (Route 8) in Richland Township.

(Previous video above: Single mom in Western Pa. celebrates $1 million lottery win)

The store will get a $10,000 bonus for selling the lucky ticket in the $3,000,000 Golden Ticket game, which costs $30 to play.

In its announcement, the lottery said, “Scratch-Offs are distributed at random, meaning the Pennsylvania Lottery and its retailers do not know where winning tickets will be sold. The lottery learns where winning tickets are sold only after a prize has been claimed.”