Here’s how much people in SC spent on Powerball tickets to help grow new $1.6B record jackpot
Many South Carolinians really want to win the latest Powerball jackpot.
Strong ticket sales on Thursday helped push the Powerball jackpot to a new world record of $1.6 billion, the multi-state game operator announced on Friday.
The jackpot had reached $1.2 billion for the Wednesday drawing, which had no grand prize winner — meaning Americans spent a ton of cash over the course of a day to push that jackpot to its new record high.
The previous world record was a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot won in January of 2016.
So how much was spent on South Carolina tickets just on Thursday?
Powerball sales were $1,377,964 in the Palmetto State on Thursday, a spokesperson for the South Carolina Education Lottery told The State.
With basic Powerball tickets costing just $2 each, that total is a solid chunk of change to raise in a day.
The next Powerball drawing is set for 10:59 p.m. on Saturday.
Should someone win the current jackpot, they stand to take home a lump sum of $782 million in cash. Saturday’s drawing will mark the 40th draw in this current run. The longest run until a winner currently stands at 41 drawings.
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are about 1 in 293 million.
Powerball tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
This story was originally published November 4, 2022 at 4:14 PM.
