Billion Dollar Lottery Almost Won In Rock Hill, South Carolina
It was a close call for a few South Carolina jackpot lottery hopefuls. The Powerball jackpot is now up to $1.2 billion and no one has claimed it. But, according to The Herald, the second largest jackpot was almost won in Rock Hill.
Lottery officials say there were 96,000 prizes ranging from $4 to $150,000. The three tickets sold at Rock Hill convenient stores were one number away from the jackpot. There was a $150,000 winner in Walterboro, SC. Another ticket sold at a store on India Hook Road, while another sold at Little Giant store off Dave Lyle Boulevard. Winners at both of those stores won $50,000 each.
The odds of matching all numbers are 1 in 293 million.
If you plan to try your luck at nabbing the winning tickets, tickets are $2 and sold at grocery stores and gas stations across South Carolina. If someone wins the jackpot, that person could take home almost $600 million. South Carolina is no stranger to jackpot winners. Back in 2018, a store in Simpsonville sold the winning ticket in a $1.5 billion Mega Millions game.
