{"id":121366,"date":"2026-02-23T17:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/121366\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:18:08","slug":"pennsylvania-lottery-500000-winning-ticket-in-westmoreland-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/121366\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Lottery $500,000 winning ticket in Westmoreland County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPRIZE 1 IN 1000 DOLLARS A MONTH FOR LIFE HAS BEEN SOLD AT A     SUNOCO STATION IN WHARTON TOWNSHIP. THIS IS RIGHT ALONG ROUTE 40 NEAR NEMACOLIN. WELL, THE WINNER WILL HAVE THE CHOICE OF THE MONTHLY PAYMENTS OR A ONE TIME CASH OPTIO\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Cash 5 ticket worth $500,000 sold in Westmoreland County<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Lottery winning ticket sold at VFW in Lower Burrell <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769019068_844_wtae.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WTAE logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 11:58 AM EST Feb 23, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOne lucky winner is holding a Pennsylvania Lottery ticket worth $500,000 from Friday&#8217;s Cash 5 drawing.PREVIOUS VIDEO ABOVE: Lottery ticket in Western Pa. wins $10,000 a month for lifeLottery officials said the winning ticket was sold at VFW Post 92 on Wildlife Lodge Road in Lower Burrell. The post earns a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket.The winning numbers from the Feb. 20 drawing were 6, 9, 23, 24 and 26.The holder of the winning ticket has one year to claim the prize.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tLOWER BURRELL, Pa. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>One lucky winner is holding a Pennsylvania Lottery ticket worth $500,000 from Friday&#8217;s Cash 5 drawing.<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS VIDEO ABOVE: Lottery ticket in Western Pa. wins $10,000 a month for life<\/p>\n<p>Lottery officials said the winning ticket was sold at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/hero-walk-looks-to-honor-pennsylvanias-veterans\/40420182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VFW Post 92<\/a> on Wildlife Lodge Road in Lower Burrell. The post earns a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket.<\/p>\n<p>The winning numbers from the Feb. 20 drawing were 6, 9, 23, 24 and 26.<\/p>\n<p>The holder of the winning ticket has one year to claim the prize.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/get-pittsburgh-s-action-news-4-on-the-go-wtae\/44045498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download the WTAE app<\/a> to stay connected with breaking news. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for our email newsletters<\/a> to get breaking news in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PRIZE 1 IN 1000 DOLLARS A MONTH FOR LIFE HAS BEEN SOLD AT A SUNOCO STATION IN WHARTON&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1707,3787,2091,25926,4327,57132,57159,13187,139,28,30,2078,29,8637,1621,57160,57161,4328,5910,57162],"class_list":{"0":"post-121366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-cash","9":"tag-cash-5","10":"tag-drawing","11":"tag-feb","12":"tag-friday","13":"tag-lifelottery-official","14":"tag-lower-burrell","15":"tag-month","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-pennsylvania","18":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","19":"tag-pennsylvania-lottery","20":"tag-pennsylvania-news","21":"tag-previous-video","22":"tag-ticket","23":"tag-vfw","24":"tag-vfw-post","25":"tag-western-pa","26":"tag-westmoreland-county","27":"tag-wildlife-lodge-road"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}