Lottery

Check your lottery tickets! A $50,000 winner was sold in Hampton County

One Hampton shopper got lucky over the weekend.

A Powerball ticket purchased from the Hampton Food Corner at 925 Elm St. W. won $50,000 in Saturday night’s drawing, according to a release from the South Carolina Education Lottery.

The numbers drawn Saturday were 14 - 16 - 23 - 50 - 53, and the Powerball was 3.

Winners have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim their prizes.

Net proceeds from the S.C. Education Lottery are “returned to the state in the form of funding for education, prizes, retailer commissions, and payment to contractors for goods and services,” the release said.

More than to 10,000 players in South Carolina hold tickets for prizes ranging from $4 to $50,000.

The odds of matching four white ball numbers and the red Powerball number are 1 in 913,129.

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This story was originally published April 12, 2021 at 2:32 PM.

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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