Someone bought a winning Powerball ticket in South Carolina. Check your pockets
Although there were no multi-million dollar jackpot winners in Monday’s Powerball drawing, someone who bought a ticket in South Carolina won a six-figure prize.
A $250,000 winning ticket was sold in the Midlands, South Carolina Education Lottery officials said Tuesday in a news release.
The winning Powerball game was bought at the Circle K gas station/convenience store at 7435 St. Andrews Road, according to the release. That’s in Irmo, near the intersection with Lake Murray Boulevard.
The ticket matched four of the five white balls, along with the red Powerball number, according to the release.
The winning numbers from the drawing were 18, 27, 33, 39, 44 and Powerball: 8.
Because the ticket buyer purchased the PowerPlay option for an additional dollar, the $50,000 prize increased to $250,000 when a x5 multiplier was drawn, lottery officials said.
The winner has 180 days to claim the prize, according to lottery officials.
The winner will be allowed to retain some privacy, as South Carolina is one of eight states — along with Delaware, Kansas, Georgia, Maryland, North Dakota, Ohio and Texas — that allow lottery winners to remain anonymous.
The odds of winning $250,000 playing Palmetto Cash 5 are 913,129-to-1, according to the release.
“Sign the back of your ticket and put it in a safe location until you’re ready to come forward to claim the prize,” lottery officials said.
That Circle K store will receive a commission of $2,500 for selling the winning ticket when it is turned into lottery officials.
In addition to the six-figure jackpot, lottery officials said more than 6,800 ticket holders in South Carolina will win prizes following the Powerball drawing.
The next Powerball drawing will be held Wednesday, when the jackpot is estimated to be $37 million.
This was the second time in the past month that a six-digit winning lottery ticket was sold at a Columbia area Circle K.
A woman who used her grandchildren’s ages when playing Palmetto Cash 5 won $300,000 on a ticket she bought at the Circle K on Parklane Road near S.C. 277 in Columbia, lottery officials said.
This story was originally published May 3, 2022 at 11:18 AM.
