COLUMBIA, S.C. — For those looking to test your luck in the South Carolina state lottery, you won't be able to Tuesday.
During statewide election days, South Carolina law prohibits the sale of all lottery products.
This applies to instant and online games.
Therefore, all lottery terminals will be offline from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. Tuesday.
Lottery drawings will occur at their normally-scheduled times Tuesday, but only players who purchased tickets before the 12:01 a.m. terminal cutoff time are able to participate.
Lottery sales will resume Wednesday.
Is South Carolina the only State that has No Lottery Today?
This is the first time that I am aware of that South Carolina has not had a lottery drawing on an election day. Apparently, there were drawings done on the date of the last Presidential elections in South Carolina:
Day: 403 6619, Night: 393 9309, Palmetto Cash 5: 14-24-27-29-30 PowerUp 2, Mega Match 6: 2-8-12-23-31-35
Can't chew gum and walk at the same time either.
You buy your tickets for advance play for the day the machines are down. They still have the drawings.
I have an advance play ticket which I purchased for todays drawing.
Ditto JAP69, they will have drawings but you had to buy your tickets before today.
"todays drawing". ...
I'm just a little confused because there are no lottery drawings for SC today at all ( 6/08/10). Maybe you can buy a ticket today for Tomorrow's drawings?
It's kind of a dumb law, if you think about it. What is the object here - to ensure people get to the polling booths?
Well, if people are going out to buy lottery tickets, aren't they more likely to be ... out of the house? Maybe if they don't have their normal reason to go to the store (i.e., to buy lottery tickets), maybe they won't bother going out to vote either.
There will be drawings, but all terminals will be off line all day, so no ticket sales (for any day) and no validations.
Here is the last line of the announcement from the SC Lottery:
Lottery drawings will take place as normally scheduled.
I have updated the story to reflect the drawings vs. sales for today.
Thank you, Todd. That should clear it up.
I always get my tickets the day before, but, as for this crazy law, here's what I say to it .........................
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Ridiculous.
Just like closing down the bars on election day that some places used to do.
Or banning beer and liquor sales on Sunday to make sure you go to church instead of getting drunk as usual.
There's no limit to the asinine things do-gooders can come up with.
My favorite though is banning guns in big cities where you need them the most. Statistics show, every time, that shootings, murders and crime in general always skyrockets when they ban guns but I guess it's the thought that counts.
And somewhere in SC today, there are some do-gooders who are very happy about accomplishing absolutely nothing.
You have to wonder what goes on in their heads.
South Carolina lottery results for June 8, 2010 are 994 and 0913.
What a Crock of crap, you can go to the casino, play keno, ect.....
SECTION 59-150-210
(E) A lottery ticket or share must not be sold on the date of any general or primary election; for a lottery game other than that defined in Section 59-150-20(7); or for a lottery game with corporate sponsorship.
SECTION 59-150-20.
(7) "Lottery", "lotteries", " lottery game", or "lottery games" means a game of chance approved by the General Assembly and operated pursuant to this chapter including, but not limited to, the lottery game categories of instant tickets, on-line lottery games and drawing numbers but excluding keno, pari- mutuel betting, and casino gambling as defined in this section. The operation of the lottery games excludes machines and lottery games, including video poker lottery games, prohibited by Sections 12-21-2710, 16-19-40, and 16-19-50. The access and use of an electronic or mechanical machine designed for a lottery game authorized pursuant to this chapter must be limited to a lottery retailer and his employees only in order to facilitate retail sales of lottery tickets, and such a machine must not dispense anything other than lottery tickets.
South Carolina Code of Laws
by Chuck Humphrey
SECTION 16-19-90. Betting on elections.
Any person who shall make any bet or wager of money or wager of any other thing of value or shall have any share or part in any bet or wager of money or wager of any other thing of value upon any election in this State shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars and be imprisoned not exceeding one month.
On That Note, In My Opinion I bet Nikki Haley wins The Republican Primary.
Since My opinion holds no value, i should be safe.
CB
I sure hope so,cause I'm fixing to go cast my vote---for the ladies!
HILARIOUS FUNNY LAW!! When i lived in Los Angeles 77 thru 84 the only time you could NOT buy alcohol was between the hours of 4-5 a.m ... 7 days a week. I don't know if its still the same, but it sure made partying easier!!!!
WOW !
SC is really on top of things that matter ....... er ....... I mean ........... someone could run around and ....... win some money ...... YIKES ........ a disaster waiting to happen !!!!!!!!!!
Interesting. I wonder how many people thought to buy their tickets ahead of time?
Yes, this is my state....good 'ole South Carolina. Gotta love it! I bought my tickets ahead of time. They always do this.
Oh, this is interesting. I wonder if not being able to purchase lottery tickets on election days results in a higher per capita of voting by registered voters on election days vs. other states. I'd enjoy reading an depth research article!
UnOfficial Results, 45 of 46 Counties Reporting 1 county still reporting...Spartanburg
Gresham Barrett (REP)
21.76% 91,461
Andre Bauer (REP)
12.45% 52,324
Nikki R Haley (REP)
48.86% 205,360
Henry McMaster (REP)
16.94% 71,187
Nikki Haley (R) weathered a series of personal attacks to narrowly miss winning the Republican gubernatorial nomination outright tonight. She will advance to a June 22 runoff as a clear favorite for the GOP nod.
Haley stood at 49 percent of the vote, well ahead of Rep. Gresham Barrett who took 22 percent. The Associated Press called a runoff shortly before 10 pm eastern time, however, concluding that Haley would not break 50 percent of the vote. State Attorney General Henry McMaster and Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer lagged far behind.
Robert Ford (DEM)
18.01% 33,967
Jim Rex (DEM)
23.02% 43,419
Vincent A Sheheen (DEM)
58.97% 111,211
CutlassBob
I agree. If anything you are reducing the amount of money that could be raised for education because people can't play on that day, so less bucks for education coming in. Or people could just buy the day b4. You are just inconveniencing people by making them buy their tickets on a different day. It reminds me of these 1 day gas boycotts. They'll designate Monday as a boycott day. So people will just buy gas on Tues. or Sun. and it has no effect on the oil companies bottom line. It's nonsense. It's like the stupid blue laws here in CT that prohibit sales of alcohol on Sunday, making people buy on Sat. Of course, you can walk into a bar on Sunday in CT get loaded and drive home drunk, makes perfect sense, huh?