COLUMBIA, SC (March 25, 2024) – A Rock Hill dad played his family’s birth dates in the Lottery to win them South Carolina’s first Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot worth $240,000.
“I didn’t even know he was using those numbers,” said his wife, who recognized them when she checked his ticket.
“I’ve been playing them for a while,” the dad told lottery officials when the couple collected their prize money in Columbia.
His lucky numbers 10, 17, 20, 28 and 30 all matched those drawn on March 13 to win them the game’s first jackpot prize. He purchased the winning ticket at the Publix store on Heckle Blvd. in Rock Hill.
The Palmetto Cash 5 game with a new rolling jackpot debuted in South Carolina on March 3. Tickets are $2 and drawings are daily at 6:59 p.m. The estimated jackpot for this evening’s drawing is $210,000.
For selling the claimed ticket, Publix Super Markets Inc. #1482 in Rock Hill received a commission of $2,400.
The odds of winning a Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 850,668.
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