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Check your lottery tickets! A $10,000 winner was sold in Beaufort County

A Beaufort County shopper became $10,000 richer on Friday, according to a Monday press release from the South Carolina Education Lottery.

A $10,000 Mega Millions ticket was sold at the Oxford Convenience Store on B. Parris Island Gateway, in the vicinity of Shell Point and Port Royal, lottery officials said Monday.

The ticket holder, who was not identified, matched four white ball numbers and the gold Megaball number on Friday. The winning numbers were 3 - 19 - 24 - 44 - 50 and Megaball 8.

The odds of winning $10,000 playing Mega Millions are 1 in 931,001, according to the release.

Nobody claimed the top prize in the Mega Millions or Powerball lotteries over the weekend, which have estimated jackpots of $264 and $262 million, respectively.

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Rachel Jones
The Island Packet
Rachel Jones covers education for the Island Packet and the Beaufort Gazette. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has worked for the Daily Tar Heel and Charlotte Observer. She has won awards from the South Carolina Press Association, Associated College Press and North Carolina College Media Association for feature writing and education reporting.
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