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$200,000 Palmetto Cash 5 Ticket Sold in Columbia

8/28/2020 9:48:24 AM

COLUMBIA, SC (August 28, 2020) – A lottery player in Columbia won $200,000 in Thursday’s Palmetto Cash 5 drawing. The lucky ticket was bought at the Gaz-Bah #007 at 7 Clemson Rd. in Columbia.

The Palmetto Cash 5 ticket matched all five numbers drawn on Thursday, August 27, for a prize of $100,000. Because the ticket holder “Powered-Up” for an additional $1, the $100,000 top prize was multiplied to $200,000.

Palmetto Cash 5 – Thursday, August 27
3 - 8 - 10 - 17 - 27 Power-Up: 2


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

More than 6,600 ticket holders will win prizes from $1 up to $200,000 in Thursday evening’s Palmetto Cash 5 drawing. More than 4,800 of these 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 878,399.

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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