Jim Hare &
Tom Hare
May 29,
2004
Pennsylvania
Lottery Officials Present $26.9 Million Cash Powerball(R)
Jackpot Prize To Brothers
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Secretary of Revenue
Gregory C. Fajt and Executive Director of the Pennsylvania
Lottery Edward Mahlman today presented a check for
$26,934,553.39 cash - less 25 percent federal withholding - to
brothers Jim Hare, 54, of Philadelphia, and Tom Hare, 50, of
Drexel Hill, Delaware County, holders of the single winning
ticket for the May 29, 2004, Powerball？ drawing. The jackpot
had an annuity value of $52 million.
"I'm pleased to present Jim and Tom with this check, and I
congratulate them," Fajt said. "The ticket from this Memorial
Day weekend drawing is the second winning Powerball？ jackpot
ticket sold in Pennsylvania in three weeks."
The May 8 Powerball？ drawing produced the largest jackpot in
Pennsylvania Lottery history, with a $213.2 million annuity
value. Winners Steve and Kristine White of Skillman, New
Jersey, opted for the jackpot's cash value -- $110,230,721 --
less 25 percent federal withholding.
"I'm the Lottery player," Jim Hare said. "I always buy the
tickets, but of course, I share them with my brother. We play
all the Pennsylvania Lottery games, including the new MATCH 6
lotto. And when I buy Powerball？ tickets, I always purchase
the PowerPlay？ option."
Although the tickets were purchased Friday, the day before the
drawing, "I never checked the winning numbers on the
Pennsylvania Lottery's Web site until the following Tuesday,"
Jim said. "I wasn't certain we had the winning ticket, so I
called Tom and told him, `I think we won the Lottery.' I
wasn't sure until Tom looked at the ticket that night. It's
still pretty surreal."
Lottery Executive Director Mahlman said: "Tom and Jim Hare are
Pennsylvania's fifth Powerball？ jackpot winners since the
state joined the multi-jurisdictional game in June 2002.
Proceeds from all Lottery ticket sales fund programs that
benefit older Pennsylvanians, and this particular six-draw
Powerball？ run generated about $4 million for senior
programs."
The Hares presented the winning ticket at Lottery Headquarters
in Middletown early this afternoon, after consulting with
legal counsel. After examining the ticket and executing other
propriety security measures, Lottery officials confirmed that
it was the winning ticket.
Jim purchased their quick-pick PowerPlay ticket at the
University Deli, corner of 42nd Street and Chester Avenue in
Philadelphia. The Lottery retailer is located a few blocks
from their business, Hare Brothers Printing. The retailer will
receive a $260,000 bonus for selling the winning jackpot
ticket.
The brothers had the sole winning ticket matching all five
white balls, 01-16-30-32-39, and the red Powerball, 02, in the
May 29, 2004, drawing. One match-five ticket also was sold in
Pennsylvania for a $100,000 prize.
The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state Lottery that
designates all its proceeds to programs that benefit older
residents. Since its inception more than 32 years ago, the
Lottery has contributed more than $13.8 billion to programs
that include property tax and rent rebates; free and
reduced-fare transit; the low-cost prescription drug programs
PACE and PACENET; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including
650 full- and part-time senior centers throughout
Pennsylvania.
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