South Carolina Lottery Numbers

If you're living outside South Carolina and want to play their lottery games, you'll need to visit an in-state authorized retailer and have cash ready to pay for the tickets.

Use to table below to check the drawing days and ticket sale cut-off times for your favorite games.

The South Carolina Lottery sells tickets for Mega Millions, Lucky for Life and Powerball as well as several of their own in-state games.

Palmetto Cash 5 & Power-Up

Palmetto Cash 5 is an easy and fun draw game that offers a top prize of $100,000. Drawings are held every day at 6:59 PM.  Tickets cost just $1 per line and players pick five numbers from 1 to 38. They can also have numbers randomly generated for them by choosing a Quick Pick option. Here's how you can win a prize:

Want the chance to exponentially increase any Palmetto Cash 5 prizes you might win? Simply pay an extra $1 for the Power-Up option, the size of which is determined by a separate ball ranging from twice to five times the amount. Here's a breakdown of what the prizes and odds look like with Power-Up added:

Pick 3

There are two versions of the South Carolina Pick 3 game - midday and evening. Pick 3 Midday is played Monday - Saturday at 12:59pm EST and Pick 3 Evening is drawn daily at 6:59pm EST.

There are 9 different ways to play, find the odds and potential payouts for each in the table below:

_{*The payouts shown for combo games are based on a $1.50 wager.}

Other Games

If you like the thought of winning a cash prize within seconds of buying a game, why not try the instant games offered by the South Carolina Lottery? There's a wide range available from authorized retailers and you could land a windfall in the blink of an eye!

You have 180 days from the date of a drawing to claim your prize. Instant games may be claimed up to 90 days from the date that the game ends.

Winners may claim prizes of $100,000 and under by mail. Any South Carolina Lottery prize worth $500 or less can also be claimed at any authorized lottery retailer.

Prizes worth up to $100,000 can be redeemed by mail or by visiting the Claims Center in Columbia.

Prizes worth $100,001 or more will need to be redeemed in person at the same Claims Center - you can't claim these winnings via mail.

The South Carolina Lottery withholds taxes of seven percent on lottery winnings worth more than $500. Larger prizes may be subject to federal withholding taxes of 25 percent.

Claim a prize by mail

To redeem a win of $100,000 or below by mail, send the following to the Lottery at the address below:

1. Completed original ticket
2. Completed claim form
3. Copy of a photo ID with your date of birth (e.g. driver's license, passport, military, or state ID)

Send to:

S.C. Education Lottery
P.O. Box 11039
Columbia, SC 29211-1039

The South Carolina Education Lottery began operating on January 7th, 2002 after the South Carolina General Assembly approved the establishment of a state lottery in June 2001. The Lottery joined Powerball in 2002 and began selling Mega Millions tickets in January 2010.

An anonymous ticket holder from South Carolina won a $399.4 million Powerball jackpot on September 18th, 2013.

To date, the South Carolina Lottery has raised more than $3.4 billion for educational initiatives such as K-12 programs, community education and scholarships for college students. Roughly 26.1 percent of every dollar raised through ticket sales goes back to the state to help support these good causes.

On October 23rd 2018, a player from South Carolina won a Mega Millions jackpot of $1.537 billion, one of the biggest lottery jackpots ever seen and also the largest amount ever won by a single ticket holder.

If you want to play South Carolina lottery games for the chance to win great prizes, you'll need to be at least 18 years old.