SC pair won big on Powerball, but they were 1 number shy of nabbing the $300M jackpot
Two South Carolina residents hit big on a pair of lottery tickets over the weekend but fell just one number shy of splitting the $322 million jackpot, the SC lottery commission announced Monday.
A Columbia resident scored on a $100,000 Powerball ticket on Saturday. The ticket was purchased at the Gaz-Bah Mini Shop, at 111 Clemson Rd.
The person added “PowerPlay” to their ticket to multiply their winnings by two.
A second player won $50,000 at the Country Store, at 1800 Gold Hill Rd. in Fort Mill.
The winners’ names weren’t released.
The ticket holders matched four of the five white ball numbers — 12, 22, 26, 46, 59 — and the red Powerball number 26 during Saturday’s drawing. To win the jackpot, they would have needed to match all the numbers.
The state’s Powerball jackpot has now rolled over to $332 million. Tickets purchased before 11 a.m. Monday are eligible for the drawing.
Odds of winning the jackpot are about one in 293 million.
This story was originally published August 30, 2021 at 11:45 AM with the headline "SC pair won big on Powerball, but they were 1 number shy of nabbing the $300M jackpot."