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$40,000 Powerball® Ticket Expires Today, Still Time to Claim a $10,000 Prize

1/28/2013 8:49:08 AM

COLUMBIA, SC (January 28, 2013) – A $40,000 Powerball® ticket sold at the Gate Petroleum Co. #326 on Hwy. 160 W. in Fort Mill expires today.

The ticket for the August 1 drawing (3 - 16 - 48 - 56 - 58 PB: 4) must be claimed at the Columbia Claims Center before 4 p.m.

Tomorrow, if a winner does not come forward, the prize will be spent by the state.

The bulk of unclaimed lottery prizes last year, $12.3 million, were used to purchase new school buses. This year close to $6 million in unclaimed prizes is slated for buses and $3.2 million marked for K-5 programs.

Next Monday, February 4, another Powerball® ticket, this one worth $10,000, lapses. Hickory Point #19 at 3705 Hwy. 81 N. in Anderson sold the winning ticket.

The $10,000 ticket purchased for the August 8 drawing must be claimed no later than Monday, February 4. The ticket matched four white ball numbers and the red Powerball® number.

Powerball® – Wednesday, August 8
3 - 7 - 11 - 15 - 28 Powerball®: 12


Players have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim their prizes. For complete information on claiming prizes, visit sceducationlottery.com.

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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