Grand-prize winning lottery game sold at a South Carolina gas station. Check your tickets
Someone who bought a ticket for a lottery game with a rolling prize won a six-figure jackpot following Wednesday night’s drawing, according to South Carolina Education Lottery officials.
The ticket that won the Palmetto Cash 5 game’s $266,000 grand prize was purchased in the Upstate, officials said Thursday in a news release.
Now a search is underway for the winner.
What turned out to be the winning Palmetto Cash 5 ticket was sold at the Hot Spot gas station/convenience store at 2801 Gentry Memorial Highway in Pickens, officials said.
The winning numbers from Wednesday’s drawing were 3, 7, 16, 18 and 26.
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.
This was South Carolina’s 13th rolling jackpot win, officials said.
The odds of winning $266,000 playing Palmetto Cash 5 are 850,668-to-1, according to the release.
Hot Spot will receive a commission for selling the winning ticket when it is turned into lottery officials.
The Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot for Thursday 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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This story was originally published January 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM with the headline "Grand-prize winning lottery game sold at a South Carolina gas station. Check your tickets."
