COLUMBIA, SC (March 13, 2008) – Do you have the luck of the Irish? Come find out during the 26th annual St. Pat’s in Five Points festival on Saturday, March 15, 2008.
South Carolina Education Lottery (SCEL) staff will celebrate all things green by selling lottery tickets during the event. Festival goers can purchase Lottery games including Shamrock 7‘s, the lucky four-leaf clover inspired ticket with prizes up to $20,000. Each Shamrock 7’s scratch-off ticket costs $2. Lottery sales will be available from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Players purchasing $5 or more in lottery tickets will spin the prize wheel loaded with exciting promotional items.
Since its inception in 2002, the South Carolina Education Lottery has launched more than 260 instant games and six online games. Currently, SCEL offers 39 instant games and five online games. SCEL produces an average of four new games each month in a variety of themes, play styles, and price points of $1-$10. During the past six years, the support the South Carolina Education Lottery has received from players and retailers is responsible for the General Assembly appropriating more than $1.74 billion for educational purposes through fiscal year 2008.
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