$516M Lotto Winners In Bucks Co. Claim Prize, Remain Anonymous

LEVITTOWN, PA — The historic, jackpot-winning Mega Millions ticket from the May 21 drawing has been claimed, Pennsylvania Lottery officials announced Friday.

The jackpot winners opted to form a trust to claim the jackpot prize as a cash, lump-sum payment. As a result, Peace of Mind Trust, a five-member group, will receive the after-tax prize amount of more than $254 million.

“This is life-changing generational money," attorneys Kurt Panouses and Christopher Mahoney said in a joint statement provided to the Pennsylvania Lottery. "The winners live in small communities in eastern Pennsylvania and desire to keep their lives as normal as possible. Maintaining anonymity is key to ensuring that normalcy."

The winning ticket, sold at the 7-Eleven at 2760 Trenton Road in Levittown, is the largest Mega Millions jackpot won in Pennsylvania since the state joined the game in 2010. Overall, it's the third ever won in the state. It's also the ninth largest Mega Millions jackpot award since the game began in 2002.

The recent Mega Millions jackpot run — which started Friday, February 19 and ended Friday, May 21 — generated $41.5 million in sales, creating a profit of $16.6 million to benefit older Pennsylvanians, lottery officials said.

The chances of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are approximately 1 in 302 million.

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