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The second prize ($25,000 a year for life) was won by matching all 5 white balls w/o the lucky ball. Players had to match at least one white ball with the lucky ball or match just the lucky ball to win a prize. South Carolina was also the first lucky for life participating state to have a top prize winner after the game offered the current format.
Public education was a major focus in the Hodges administration, as Hodges oversaw the founding of the South Carolina Education Lottery and the First Steps preschool initiative. The governor also helped pass a $1.1 billion school construction initiative, and the lottery funded millions in college scholarships to South Carolina students. [10] [12]
The first modern government-run US lottery was established in Puerto Rico in 1934. [8] This was followed, decades later, by the New Hampshire Lottery in 1964. Instant lottery tickets, also known as scratch cards, were introduced in the 1970s and have become a major source of lottery revenue.
The winner beat 1-in-850,000 odds to score the life-changing prize.
The most recent $2 million winning ticket was purchased at the Circle K at 2948 Whiskey Road, while the first one was bought in January at the Circle K at 1014 E. Pine Log Road, officials said.
Even as he made his way to Columbia to cash in a winning lottery ticket, a Lowcountry man didn’t completely believe he had won the game’s $200,000 grand prize, South Carolina Education Lottery ...
The first big lottery on German soil was held in 1614 in Hamburg. In Austria the first lottery was drawn in 1751, ... South America's largest prize A$160 million
Another was sold at the Stop N Go at 704 Old Barnwell Road in West Columbia, lottery officials said in September. City Gas & Fuel received a commission of $20,000 for selling the claimed winning ...