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$150,000 Powerball® Ticket Sold in Charleston

4/18/2019 1:45:47 PM

COLUMBIA, SC (April 18, 2019) – A Powerball® ticket sold in Charleston for Wednesday’s drawing is worth $150,000. The ticket was purchased at the Sky Mart store on Sam Rittenberg Blvd.

The ticket holder stands to benefit from the purchase of PowerPlay®. Because this player paid an additional $1 for PowerPlay®, their $50,000 prize tripled to $150,000 when a “3” multiplier was selected.

Powerball® – Wednesday, April 17
1 - 15 - 17 - 46 - 66 Powerball®: 15


Check your tickets. More than to 11,000 players in South Carolina hold tickets for prizes from $4 up to $150,000. Of these, more than 5,000 players purchased PowerPlay® to see their non-jackpot winnings, excluding the Match 5 prize, multiplied by three. Players have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim their prizes. For complete information on claiming prizes, visit sceducationlottery.com.

The odds of matching four white ball numbers and the red Powerball® number are 1 in 913,129. The odds of a 3X multiplier being selected are 1 in 3.31, when the jackpot is $150 million or less.

The estimated jackpot for Saturday night’s drawing is $136 million.

Net proceeds from every dollar spent by players on the South Carolina Education Lottery are returned to the state in the form of funding for education, prizes, retailer commissions, and payment to contractors for goods and services.

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