COLUMBIA, SC (September 4, 2026) – An Upstate woman took her dad’s advice and won $200,000 playing Powerball®.
She asked her dad if she should pick her own numbers or quick pick them on Powerball® ticket at the Quickway #9 on S. Main St. in Abbeville.
“He told me to do a quick pick,” she told South Carolina Education Lottery officials.
His suggestion paid off. The daughter’s quick picked ticket came within one number of winning the Powerball® jackpot on July 8.
“It was good advice,” she said.
Quickway #9 in Abbeville was rewarded with a $2,000 commission for selling the ticket.
The odds of matching four white ball numbers and the red Powerball® number playing Powerball® are 1 in 913,129.
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