COLUMBIA, SC (December 18, 2025) – Powerball® players will have another chance at a billion-dollar jackpot before Christmas. With no winner in last night’s Powerball® drawing, the jackpot jumped to a whopping $1.5 BILLION. Powerball will draw for its fifth largest jackpot on Saturday at 10:59 p.m.
This morning, players in Columbia and Myrtle Beach should check their tickets!
A Powerball® ticket worth $50,000 was bought at the J K Mart at 5102 Two Notch Rd. in Columbia. Another ticket worth $50,000 with DoublePlay® was purchased at the Food Lion #1605 at 7631 N. Kings Hwy. in Myrtle Beach.
Powerball - Wednesday,
December 17
25 - 33 - 53 - 62 - 66 PB 17
DoublePlay: 24 - 43 - 65 - 66 - 68 PB 3
Players have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim their prizes. For complete information on claiming prizes, visit sceducationlottery.com.
The odds of matching four of the first five ball numbers and the Powerball® number are 1 in 913,129.
Net 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.
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