South Carolina Lottery begins accepting debit card payments for ticket purchases

Comment #11

zephbe — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 22:04:36 GMT

Monday I bought Powerball tickets with other items and used my debit card. Today -same store-bought items used debit. Had to use cash for Powerball tickets. This retailer isn't following the new rules.

Comment #10

KY Floyd — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 07:32:44 GMT

Technology and the way we use it has changed over the decades, ... We're simply catching our statute up to the modern way people use money.

Haven't stores been accepting debit cards for all sorts of things for decades now?

if you loss your lottery ticket like the Guy in California that lost half of $390,000,000 you should be able to claim your prize with your Debit card purchase.

I used a card one time at a lottery vending machine

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Comment #9

Lavender Roses — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 22:45:30 GMT

At first I thought this is a bad idea, now it could be a way to prove you purchased the tickets.

We could have a players card like the casinos, swipe your Lotto Players card when you buy tickets, the proof of purchase is tied to the card.

Comment #8

Bleudog101 — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 22:47:37 GMT

Previously had mentioned, though it doesn't apply to me with an email to NY lotto that they should give their customers what they want--on line ticket purchases. Their reply 'Have a nice day'. I didn't bother with my home state of MA; the 'progress' they made was letting folks scan the tickets to see if they won. (now will go to to their website to read about it).

Guess I'm lucky to be in Kentucky where we have it all!

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Comment #7

Powerball765 — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 20:19:40 GMT

And in Canada and United Kingdom zero Tax on all lottery win not even a federal tax

In Canada, lottery winnings are

not considered taxable income. This means that if you win the lottery in Canada, you get to keep the full amount of your winnings without having to pay any taxes on the prize itself. and in United Kingdom

It is

correct that lottery winnings are not subject to lottery tax in the United Kingdom.

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Comment #6

sully16 — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 09:17:48 GMT

I know that queasy feeling, been there a few times.

Comment #5

Kandiapple — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 02:22:20 GMT

Hopefully we can eventually buy tickets online like they do in other states and countries . If they wanted to make more revenue in SC they would improve our state lottery, have more games, and allow online ticket buying. But I feel SC is too regressive to catch up with modern times.

Comment #4

JustMaybe — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 18:30:00 GMT

99.99% of my transactions are cashless.

There are only two reasons why I withdraw cash from my bank account.

1. To play the lottery.

2. To tip hospitality workers.

Remember when a fraudulent transactions happens on your DEBIT card, it's harder to stop/dispute those compared to CREDIT card transactions - that's another reason to stay away

Comment #3

Todd — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 15:17:52 GMT

I'm the same way. I used a card one time at a lottery vending machine and I had immediate regret after doing so.

Comment #2

Powerball765 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 14:29:27 GMT

Only one Big Question if you loss your lottery ticket like the Guy in California that lost half of $390,000,000 you should be able to claim your prize with your Debit card purchase. It happened in Canada a lady bought a ticket with Debit card she forgot about it and lost the ticket without realizing she lost the ticket because she wasn't even looking for a lost ticket and she didn't have any idea she won. The Canada lottery department used her Debit card to pay her $50,000,000

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Comment #1

sully16 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 14:14:16 GMT

On one hand it's a great convenience if you don't want to carry cash, on the other hand you're creating a paper trail , ahhh no thanks, I like cash.

South Carolina Lottery begins accepting debit card payments for ticket purchases

Lottery Post — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 13:10:26 GMT

South Carolina Lottery leaves behind cash-only mentality

By Kate Northrop

The South Carolina Lottery announced on Tuesday that lottery players can now purchase tickets with a debit card.

It's easier for South Carolina residents to buy lottery tickets now that state lawmakers have signed off on an additional payment method for lottery purchases.

Retailers will now accept debit cards and contactless debit cards, in addition to cash, as payment for lottery games, South Carolina Lott... [ More ]