COLUMBIA, SC (April 15, 2025) – A $150,000 Powerball® win is allowing an Upstate woman to do something she never thought she could.
“I’m buying a house,” she told South Carolina Education Lottery officials.
She won the down payment off a Powerball® with PowerPlay® ticket that matched all but one number drawn on February 5 (19, 27, 30, 50, 62 and PB: 14).
“I bought the ticket after work on a Tuesday,” she said. “During my lunch break on Friday, I went to the store to check it.”
The clerk at the Corner Store on Hyatt St. in Gaffney scanned her ticket and told her it was worth more than the $500 the store could pay. Unsure how much more, the winner asked her boss for the rest of the day off to make the trip to the Lottery’s office in Columbia to find out her prize.
On the way, she spoke with family and friends who told her they heard a ticket sold in Gaffney had won $150,000. She wondered if maybe it was hers.
“When I arrived with the ticket, I was so excited and nervous,” she said.
Lottery staff at the Claims Center confirmed she was the $150,000 winner.
“It felt like a dream,” she said.
The Corner Store #1 in Gaffney was rewarded with a $1,500 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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