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SC Education Lottery Offers Powerball® Players a Chance to Ring in the New Year a Millionaire

8/23/2019 8:43:55 AM

COLUMBIA, SC (August 23, 2019) – Starting today, Powerball® players in South Carolina can enter for a chance to win a trip to New York City to watch the ball drop in Times Square and win $1 MILLION.

The “First Powerball® Millionaire of the Year” will be announced LIVE, just after midnight, on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve broadcast starring Ryan Seacrest on ABC!

Powerball® tickets purchased between August 23 and October 12 are eligible for the Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve Second-Chance Promotion. Interested South Carolinians can enter using the SC Lottery App or at sclottery.com. The last day to enter is Wednesday, October 16.

Five trip winners will be selected on Thursday, October 17.

Lottery winners will travel to New York City on December 29 to join winners from other participating Powerball® states for a once-in-a-lifetime VIP experience in the Big Apple. The three-night trip will culminate with a New Year’s Eve party where one lucky reveler will start 2020 a millionaire.

Saturday night’s Powerball® jackpot is an estimated $50 million.

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The odds of being selected in this promotion depend on the number of entries submitted. Five (5) Trip Winners will be selected from all winners of Second-Chance Prizes awarded by all participating lotteries in the Promotion (approximately 302) and entered into a drawing for a $1 million prize.

Winners may be selected to appear on one or more nationally-televised programs and will be required to sign an appearance release. Failure to do so will forfeit the trip prize. You must be 18 years of age to enter.

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and New Year’s Rockin’ Eve are registered trademarks of DCP Rights, LLC. All rights reserved.

Powerball® jackpot odds are 292,201,338.

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