Check your tickets. Grand-prize winning lottery ticket sold at gas station in SC
Someone recently won more than a half-a-million dollar jackpot after buying a Palmetto Cash 5 ticket in the Midlands, South Carolina Education Lottery officials said Wednesday in a news release.
The person won a $507,000 grand prize after Tuesday’s drawing, according to the release.
Now a search is underway for the winner.
What turned out to be the six-figure winning Palmetto Cash 5 ticket was sold at Cuz’s Corner gas station/convenience store at 419 Congress South Street, officials said. That’s in the Winnsboro area of Fairfield County, about 30 miles away from the Lottery Claims Center on Assembly Street in downtown Columbia.
The winning numbers from Tuesday’s drawing were 9, 11, 23, 24 and 39.
The Palmetto Cash 5 ticket matched all five numbers drawn to win the game’s top prize, officials said.
The winner has 180 days to claim the six-figure prize, according to lottery officials.
The winner will be allowed to retain some privacy, as South Carolina is one of 11 states — along with Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas and Virginia — that allow lottery winners to remain anonymous.
“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.
For complete information on claiming prizes, go to sceducationlottery.com.
The jackpot rolled 23 times before Tuesday’s win, according to the release.
The odds of winning $507,000 playing Palmetto Cash 5 are 850,668-to-1, officials said.
Cuz’s Corner will receive a commission for selling the winning ticket when it is turned into lottery officials.
The Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot for Wednesday night’s drawing is reset at $100,000.
It costs $2 to purchase a Palmetto Cash 5 ticket, and drawings are held on a daily basis at 6:59 p.m., officials said.
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