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$750 million up for grabs in Powerball jackpot tonight!

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Will South Carolina have another big winner? Grab your tickets because we have your winning numbers for the the Powerball jackpot that sits at a whopping $750 million dollars! The winning numbers are: 16-20-37-44-62 and the Powerball is 12 This is the fourth-highest prize the US lottery has ever seen. If you take the cash option,…

Powerball climbs to $750 million for Wednesday drawing

COLUMBIA,  SC (WOLO)– Are you feeling lucky?  Wednesday’s Powerball drawing is now up to a $750 million jackpot.  According to the SC Education Lottery, if you have plans to play you have until 9:59 p.m. to purchase a ticket.  The winning numbers are drawn at 10:59 p.m. Powerball® tickets are $2 and available at most convenience stores and grocery stores in our state….

$1 Million Powerball Ticket sold in Columbia

COLUMBIA,  SC (WOLO)– According to the South Carolina Education Lottery, a Powerball player in Columbia is holding a ticket worth $1 million. Lottery officials say the ticket was purchased from the Two Notch Market at 7501 Two Notch for Saturday night’s drawing. The Columbia ticket matched all five white ball numbers drawn, say Lottery officials.  Had the ticket holder purchased PowerPlay® for an extra…

Check your Lottery tickets: $50,000 Powerball Ticket Sold in Columbia

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The South Carolina Lottery says a Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was purchased at a Publix in Columbia. Do you have the winning ticket? According to a release from Lottery officials, a Powerball ticket sold in Columbia for Wednesday night’s drawing is worth $50,000. The ticket was purchased at Publix Super Markets #829 at 4611 Hardscrabble Rd, according to lottery officials….

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $403 Million

(CNN) — The jackpot keeps growing for the Powerball lottery. No one won Saturday’s multi-state drawing, so the top prize for Wednesday night’s Powerball is $403 million dollars. Whoever wins the jackpot can choose to take their winnings either in a lump sum cash payment or in an annuity paid out over 29 years. The lump sum payment, after taxes,…

California Couple Claims Prize in Record Powerball Jackpot

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…

Security behind the scenes of the big Powerball drawing

Philip Sears/Reuters There are 1.5 billion reasons to be on the ball. With the Powerball jackpot jumping again this morning to $1.5 billion, office pools are not the only places taking tonight’s big drawing seriously. The Florida lottery studio in Tallahassee where the record-breaking drawing will take place has a battery of tests and security checks that it will perform…

Hillary Clinton would spend Powerball money to ‘Fund My Campaign’

ABC (ABC News) — Even Hillary Clinton is getting in on the Powerball madness. The Democratic presidential candidate said she purchased a ticket for tonight’s record-breaking $1.5 billion Powerball lottery. “I did,” Clinton said today during an interview on “Good Morning America.” Hillary Clinton Defends Chelsea Clinton’s Attacks Against Bernie Sanders Powerball Jackpot Increases to $1.5 Billion Clinton made clear, though,…

Powerball jackpot expected to grow to $400 million Wednesday

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…