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South Carolina woman gives away entire lottery prizeNews Story
Lottery winner wants to put a smile on someone else's face By Kate Northrop A generous lottery winner is giving away every cent of her lottery prize from a South Carolina Lottery instant game. An anonymous South Carolina woman is not spending a single dime on herself after winning a $200,000 prize from a scratch-off. I don't want anything for me, she told the Lottery. The selfless woman stepped foot in the Cannon Bridge convenience store on Cannon Bridge Road in Orangeburg
Feb 14, 2022, 5:42 pm - Lottery News

3-3-3 in North Carolina Lottery Pick 3 drawing delivers nearly $5 million in lottery winningsNews Story
Second Pick 3 triple of the year for North Carolina Lottery players By Kate Northrop 3-3-3 is the latest triple combination to come up in a North Carolina Lottery's Pick 3 drawing, and local players are celebrating the nearly $5 million prize payout. On Wednesday afternoon, the North Carolina Lottery's Pick 3 game drew the lucky number combination 3-3-3, delivering $4.9 million in prizes to happy winners across the state. Number combinations with the same three digits are often calle
Feb 13, 2022, 5:29 pm - Lottery News

Cash Pop lottery game starting in South Carolina this monthNews Story
South Carolina one of the latest states to adopt the fast-growing draw game By Kate Northrop Cash Pop is coming to yet another state after the South Carolina Lottery announced that it will be adding the game to its lineup this month. Starting Jan. 17, 2022, South Carolina Lottery players will have their own chance to try the new Cash Pop draw game that is quickly spreading across state lines. Last month, the Florida Lottery announced that it would be releasing its own Cash Pop
Jan 7, 2022, 10:30 am - Lottery News

Tickets sold in California and Wisconsin split $632.6 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Two players get a piece of the seventh-largest Powerball jackpot in history Updated with retailer location for Wisconsin ticket By Kate Northrop Two Powerball tickets, one sold in California and the other in Wisconsin, won the eleventh-largest lottery prize in U.S. history on Wednesday night. The lucky numbers for the $632.6 million jackpot were 6, 14, 25, 33, and 46, with Powerball 17. The Power Play multiplier was 2. The lump sum payout for the two winnings tickets is a
Jan 6, 2022, 12:17 pm - Lottery News

Multiple increases yield massive $610 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Higher-than-predicted lottery sales boost both major multi-state jackpots By Kate Northrop Today, multiple state lotteries announced increases for both the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots driven by higher-than-normal lottery ticket sales. Thanks to the excitement around the Powerball jackpot that continues to swell with each consecutive rollover, the jackpot amount for the Wed., Jan 5, 2022 Powerball drawing has grown to a whopping $610 million. The last time a Powerball j
Jan 4, 2022, 3:21 pm - Lottery News

North Carolina Pick 4 lottery players sweep $10.3 million with 0-0-0-0News Story
Popular number combination lands game's largest payout in one drawing By Kate Northrop North Carolina Lottery six claim offices might be seeing an influx of lucky players claiming winnings after Saturday's Pick 4 drawing produced the popular number combination 0-0-0-0. In just one drawing, the Lottery is paying out $10.3 million in prizes to players who held winning tickets for the combination 0-0-0-0. It's the most ever won in a single Carolina Pick 4 drawing, beating out the
Nov 16, 2021, 10:41 am - Lottery News

North Carolina Pick 3 players win $4.3 million on 5-5-5News Story
Thousands of tickets match popular 'triple' By Kate Northrop Thousands of North Carolina Lottery players across the state were no doubt celebrating when the combination 5-5-5 was drawn in Pick 3 on Tuesday evening. The triple combination 5-5-5 racked up a grand total of $4.3 million in winnings for lottery players who chose the three digits. In all, according to the Lottery, 10,726 winning tickets matched all three numbers in the evening draw on Oct. 19. That beats out the $3.6
Oct 21, 2021, 1:02 pm - Lottery News

South Carolina dog lover wins $30,000 on pup-themed lottery scratch-offNews Story
Lottery player is top dog after impulse buy By Kate Northrop A South Carolina woman knew she had to scoop up a dog-themed scratch-off ticket when she saw the new holiday game for sale in the store, and now that she's $30,000 richer, she's glad she listened to her gut. Animal lovers will tell you that puppy eyes are hard to resist, just how hard it was for one woman to resist picking out a ticket from the South Carolina Lottery's new holiday pup-themed scratch-off game, Happy Pawlidays!
Oct 17, 2021, 7:05 pm - Lottery News

$699.8 million Powerball lottery jackpot won by single ticket sold in CaliforniaNews Story
By Todd Northrop One Powerball lottery ticket sold in California won the seventh-largest lottery prize in U.S. history on Monday night. The lucky numbers for the $699.8 million jackpot were 12, 22, 54, 66, and 69, with Powerball number 15. The Power Play multiplier was 2. The top prize was adjusted upwards from the initial estimate of $685 million after all proceeds were counted Monday night. The lump sum payout for the single winning ticket is a jaw-dropping $496 million. The winnin
Oct 5, 2021, 6:21 am - Lottery News

$620 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls againNews Story
10th-largest lottery jackpot in US history By Todd Northrop This week lottery players across the United States will be pulling out all the stops to try and win Powerball, featuring one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth an estimated $620 million. If you feel like it's been a long time since Powerball last had a jackpot winner you'd be right. The 39 consecutive drawings since the last winner on June 5 is the longest stretch without a jackpot winner in the game's histo
Sep 30, 2021, 9:26 am - Lottery News