November 10, 2009

Mega Millions Jackpot Game Coming To South Carolina

South Carolina lottery players will soon get to take a chance on two more multimillion-dollar jackpots a week.


October 15, 2009

Powerball, Mega Millions to Cross-sell Tickets

The country’s two big-jackpot lotteries have agreed to cross-sell tickets, meaning South Carolina players will soon be able to buy MegaMillions tickets they now have to drive to Georgia to get.


October 06, 2009

NC Lottery $20 Scratch-off Tickets Debut In Stores

North Carolina Education Lottery players have to pony up more if they want the chance to win a part of the lottery’s largest payout ever for an instant scratch-off game.


August 28, 2009

South Carolina Man Wins $1 Million From Scratch-Off Ticket

It wasn’t a winning lottery ticket worth $260 million, but one South Carolina man is $1 million richer after buying a winning scratch-off ticket.


August 25, 2009

Upstate Man Can Relate To Big Powerball Winner

As South Carolina’s newest multi-millionaire comes forward to claim his cash, an Upstate man can relate to his lottery luck.

Retired State Employee Wins $260 Million Jackpot

South Carolina retiree says Powerball prize won’t change him

$259.9 Million Powerball Winner Comes Forward

The winner is Solomon Jackson, Jr., a retired man from Columbia.  He was born and raised in South Carolina.


August 12, 2009

Mega Millions Jackpot Grows To $146 Million

The grand prize in the Mega Millions multistate lottery game has been boosted to $146 million.


July 30, 2009

Georgia Waitress Wins $500,000 In Scratch-off Game

A waitress at a Waffle House restaurant in Austell won the top prize in the $500,000 Monopoly instant game


June 23, 2009

King’s Mountain Man Claims $88 Million Lottery Prize

Jeffrey Wilson says he will take Powerball $29 million dollar after taxes lump-sum payment.


November 12, 2008

New Computers Causing Problems For South Carolina Lottery

A new computer system at the South Carolina Education Lottery is misreading some winning lottery tickets as losers.


July 10, 2008

SC Lottery Will Watch Florida’s Free-Gas-For-Life Game

The Florida Lottery announced its first winners in a game that offers free gas for life, and free gas for a year for others. The director of South Carolina’s Education Lottery says he’ll watch how the Florida game does, and if there’s demand for it here “we might consider doing that.“ But he says cash is the best option for players.

Florida’s lottery giving away gas prizes, will South Carolina follow?

Five winners of the Florida lottery will recieve free gas for life or $52,000 cash. South Carolina’s lottery director says our state will consider the idea, but notes the lotter’s revenue is already high.

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