Cash 5 (Pennsylvania) Lottery Results & Winning Numbers

• The jackpot starts at $150,000, but it is a pari-mutuel prize, meaning that it can vary.  It is formed by 44% of the prize pool money.
• Cash 5 is the only daily game in Pennsylvania that offers a big jackpot.
• When you purchase a ticket, you get a Quick Cash number instantly. You can win $2 or $6 with it.
• Winners have 180 days to claim their prizes from this game.
• Unlike the so-called multistate games like Powerball and Mega Millions, Cash 5 cannot be played online.
• The biggest jackpot ever drawn in Cash 5 was $2.4 million back on March 8, 2019.

How to Play Pennsylvania Cash 5?

• You need to find a local retailer, as that is the only way to play Pennsylvania Cash 5 at the moment. If that is not possible for you, there are dozens of other lottery games that you can play from virtually anywhere on the websites with online lotteries.
• At the nearest retailer, ask for a play slip to begin playing. This Cash 5 game only requires that you choose five numbers from 1 to 43 or let the system pick them for you with the Quick Pick.
• Pay for the tickets to receive the one you will need to claim a valid prize and another one for each purchase, which will be the Quick Cash ticket.
• Read the Pennsylvania Cash 5 results carefully that same day on this exact same page.

Pennsylvania Cash 5 Ticket Cost

• $1 per entry.

Advance Draws

If you are a regular player, it makes sense to participate in the Advance Play feature. It allows you to enroll in a full week, or seven consecutive drawings, from a single purchase. Of course, if you make that option, you will save time and only need to check the Pennsylvania Cash 5 results here now and then.

The Biggest Pennsylvania Cash 5 Winners

The Pennsylvania Lottery only mentions the big jackpots it pays and informs both the first name and city of the winners. However, that leaves us without interesting stories about those lucky Pennsylvanians.

Pennsylvania Cash 5 History

Pennsylvania Cash 5 had some changes across the years, and it is interesting to understand how it became what we know today as the standard game.

• 1992 – Creation of Cash 5 back on April 23. It had a 5/39 format and a starting jackpot of $100,000. 
• 1998 – Change in the drawings that used to occur weekly and then became daily.
• 2008 – Cash 5 is now played with a 5/43 structure and a $125,000 starting jackpot.
• 2021 – Introduction of the Quick Cash free feature on March 23.