Are You $200,000 Richer? Lotto Ticket Unclaimed in Summerville

Did you bought a Palmetto Cash 5 lotto ticket at Mr. K's Piggly Wiggly at 1605 Central Ave.? 

If you did, you might have beaten the nearly one-in-a-million odds and be the winner of $200,000. The ticket was sold there for Tuesday's drawing, and it matched all five numbers drawn to win the $100,000 top prize. Because the ticket holder “Powered-Up” for an additional $1, the $100,000 top prize was doubled to $200,000. 

Palmetto Cash 5 numbers from Tuesday, Feb. 19: 16, 24, 29, 35; and 36 Power-Up: 2.

Check your tickets. The winner has 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim the $200,000 prize. For complete information on claiming prizes, visit sceducationlottery.com. 

More than 3,900 Palmetto Cash 5 players won prizes from $1 up to $200,000 in Tuesday’s drawing. More than 2,300 players spent an extra $1 to purchase the Power-Up multiplier and will have their winnings multiplied by two when claimed. The odds of winning $200,000 playing Palmetto Cash 5 are 1 in 1,003,884.

Proceeds from every dollar spent by players on the South Carolina Education Lottery are returned to the state in the form of funding for education, prizes, retailer commissions, and payment to contractors for goods and services.