COLUMBIA, SC (May 30, 2025) – A pair of friends have split a $713,000 lottery jackpot won in Florence.
The South Carolina Education Lottery caught up with one of the friends this week, who bought the Palmetto Cash 5 ticket at the Pilot Travel Center #62 on N. Williston Rd. that matched all five number drawn on March 25.
“I was yelling and screaming,” the winner told lottery officials.
The other ticket owner had the opposite reaction, choosing to stay calm after learning in a phone call from their friend that their ticket, a quick pick, had won them the game’s 16th rolling jackpot.
“It was an exciting time for us,” the winner said. “A lot of fun.”
As for the pals’ plans for the prize money, they have each shared their good fortune with family.
For selling the claimed ticket, Pilot Travel Center #62 in Florence received a commission of $7,130.
The odds of winning a Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 850,668.
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