Lottery

National News

California Couple Claims Prize in Record Powerball Jackpot

ABC Columbia Staff

SACRAMENTO, CA, (AP) – A California couple has claimed a $528.8 million share of a record Powerball jackpot from January and pledged to give much of it to charity. Flanked by security, Marvin and Mae Acosta went to a state lottery office in Van Nuys on Friday to claim their winnings from the record $1.6 billion Powerball drawing, lottery officials…
State

Lottery Winner Thinking Retirement and Second Career at Walmart

ABC Columbia Staff

COLUMBIA, SC (PRESS RELEASE) – Thanks to a quarter-of-a-million dollar lottery win, a Piedmont woman says she can retire within a year and do what she’s always wanted—be a greeter at Walmart. “I don’t know why, but all my life I’ve wanted to work at Walmart,” she said. “I think it would be fun to try.” She’ll get that opportunity…
Local News

Local Woman Wins Big With Scratch Off Lottery Ticket

Kimberlei Davis

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — A Columbia woman is a quarter-of-a-million dollars richer. According to officials with the South Carolina Lottery, the woman stopped at the Xpress Zone 2 on Bush River Road and bought a Carolina Green lottery ticket on her way to work. The winner says she’s buying a home and paying off her student loans with the scratch off ticket…
State

Powerball jackpot expected to grow to $400 million Wednesday

ABC Columbia Staff

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The next Powerball winner will have a chance to claim one of the game’s 10 biggest prizes this week when the jackpot grows to roughly $400 million. Lottery officials say no one claimed Saturday’s $334 million prize, although someone from Pennsylvania won $2 million and three players from California, Connecticut and South Carolina won $1…