COLUMBIA, SC (May 27, 2026) – After coming close twice before, a Lowcountry man has finally won a jackpot. At least a share of one anyway.
The Georgetown player is splitting a $514,000 Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot won on May 19 with another player in Dalzell. Each won $257,000. And sharing is alright with this winner.
“But maybe next time I’ll get the entire jackpot,” he joked.
He told South Carolina Education Lottery officials that he had matched four of the five Palmetto Cash 5 numbers two times before, but never all five. His luck changed when he had an errand to run in Georgetown. He decided to stop at the Food Lion on S. Fraser St. and replay his ticket numbers from the previous day. The next morning, he realized those numbers were golden.
“You aren’t going to believe this,” he told his wife. “I won the jackpot.”
For selling the claimed ticket, Food Lion #706 in Georgetown received a commission of $2,570.
The odds of winning a Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 850,668.
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