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Jackpot: Bucks County Gas Station Sells $3 Million Scratch-Off Jackpot: Bucks County Gas Station Sells $3 Million Scratch-Off
Jackpot: Bucks County Gas Station Sells $3 Million Scratch-Off A Bucks County driver who stopped by a gas station this week spent $30 to become a millionaire.  The Speedway at 724 Street Road in Southampton sold a jackpot-winning $3 Million Diamonds and Gold Scratch-Off ticket, Pennsylvania Lottery officials said in a release.  The store will now receive a $10,000 bonus check for vending the lucky ticket, lotto representatives added.  Winnings from scratch-off tickets can be claimed up to one year after the date of purchase, and winning players should always sign the back of their ticket before calling the Lottery at 1-800-692…

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by Mac Bullock
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$150K Lottery Won By Pennsylvania Player $150K Lottery Won By Pennsylvania Player
$150K Lottery Won By Pennsylvania Player A winning lottery ticket for Powerball for the drawing on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, sold in Dauphin County according to lottery officials.  The ticket matched four of the five white balls drawn, 21-26-30-45-47, and the red Powerball 23, to win $150,000, less applicable withholding. It sold at Speedway at 6821 Paxton Street, Harrisburg, which will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. Thousands of other PA Lottery Mega Millions tickets won prizes of various amounts in the drawing. Players find out if they've won any prizes by scanning the tickets at a Lottery retai…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Philly Gas Station Blares Opera Music At Night In Viral Video Philly Gas Station Blares Opera Music At Night In Viral Video
Philly Gas Station Blares Opera Music At Night In Viral Video Germantown residents were lulled to sleep on Valentine's Day by the sweet sound of opera music coming from the Speedway gas station on Chelten Avenue as the clock struck midnight. Footage of the corner store's interesting choice of ambiance has gone viral on Reddit, in a video that claims it's the station's tactic to keep away homeless residents.  "This is a common act for stores to do this as a hostile reaction to houseless neighbors," one resident opined in a Facebook group. "The lights and music deter them from being able to sleep at night so they're pushed away to find new spa…

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by Mac Bullock
Business
7-Eleven Selling These Four Pennsylvania Locations 7-Eleven Selling These Four Pennsylvania Locations
7-Eleven Selling These Four Pennsylvania Locations 7-Eleven Inc. is looking to sell or lease 73 of its stores, four of which are in Pennsylvania. NRC Realty & Capital Advisors LLC is helping with the process, having posted a list of all of the sites along with a bid deadline of Tuesday, Nov. 1. Some of the stores are some of the 3,800 Speedway stores that 7-Eleven purchased in May 2021. The Pennsylvania stores touting for sale signs are: Tamaqua, Center Street Philadelphia, Cotton Avenue Philadelphia, North 5th Street New Kensington, Freeport Street Click here for the full list of 7-Eleven stores up for sale across the US.

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Two Winning $132K Lottery Tickets Sold In Western, Central PA Two Winning $132K Lottery Tickets Sold In Western, Central PA
Two Winning $132K Lottery Tickets Sold In Western, Central PA Two people are splitting a jackpot after they both picked and matched the same lottery numbers for the Treasure Hunt jackpot of $132,000, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery. The two winning tickets matched all five numbers drawn, 9-12-16-19-25, to win individual prizes of $66,000, less applicable withholding, on Sunday, May, 29,  according to the Pennsylvania Lottery's news release. One of the tickets was sold at Turkey Hill, 2501 North Reading Road, Denver, Lancaster County, and the other was sold at Speedway, 4830 William Penn Highway, Monroeville, Allegheny County. Winners can b…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Allentown Armed Gas Station Convenience Store Robber Gets 14 Years-Plus In Fed Pen Allentown Armed Gas Station Convenience Store Robber Gets 14 Years-Plus In Fed Pen
Allentown Armed Gas Station Convenience Store Robber Gets 14 Years-Plus In Fed Pen A federal judge in Philadelphia sentenced a New Jersey man to a plea-bargained 14 years and nine months in prison for robbing a gas station convenience store in Allentown with a sawed-off rifle. Brandon Garcia, 22, of Jersey City, poked one Speedway station employee with the gun as he ordered him to “get down!” while demanding cash and Newports during one of the robberies on March 28, 2017, Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. A good Samaritan who’d pulled in for gas saw Garcia all dressed in black with his hood up and holding a gun, so he dialed 911. The citizen then fol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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FEDS: NJ Man Facing Nearly 15 Years For Gunpoint Robbery Of 3 PA Convenience Stores FEDS: NJ Man Facing Nearly 15 Years For Gunpoint Robbery Of 3 PA Convenience Stores
Feds: NJ Man Facing Nearly 15 Years For Gunpoint Robbery Of 3 PA Convenience Stores A New Jersey man is facing nearly 15 years behind bars for his alleged armed robbery of a Speedway gas station and convenience store in Allentown in 2017, federal authorities announced. Brandon Garcia, 22, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty in 2019 to multiple felonies arising from the Mar. 28, 2017 robbery, including Hobbs Act robbery, and using, carrying, or possessing a machine gun during a crime, according to Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams. During the robbery, it is alleged that Garcia used a long gun to threaten store employees and poked one employee with th…

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by Nicole Acosta