COLUMBIA, SC (January 16, 2026) – For a few minutes, a Lowcountry man thought he won a Powerball® jackpot.
He called his wife to tell her, “We’re rich!” The jackpot that night was $930 million.
But when he looked closer at his Powerball® ticket, he realized he was missing one number. He called her back to tell her they actually won $150,000.
“We thought about what it would be like to have had all the numbers,” the wife told South Carolina Education Lottery officials. “But we wouldn’t have known what to do with that much money.”
“It was still exciting, and we are very thankful,” she said.
The husband got the ticket when he was picking up a prescription at the CVS Pharmacy on University Blvd. in North Charleston. He matched four of the first five white ball numbers and the red Powerball number drawn the night of December 10.
The couple plans to save the winnings.
The CVS Pharmacy #626 in North Charleston was rewarded with a $1,500 commission for selling the ticket.
The odds winning $150,000 playing Powerball® are 1 in 913,129.
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