South Carolina man wins $150K Powerball prize, donates it all to charity

A South Carolina man who was one quantity away from the Powerball jackpot donated his $150,000 lottery prize to charity, lottery officers stated.

The South Carolina Lottery stated the Greenville man, who needs to stay nameless, purchased a fast decide ticket for the Jan. 16 Powerball drawing. He matched 4 out of 5 numbers and the pink Powerball, and paid an additional greenback for PowerPlay, tripling his $50,000 to $150,000.

Lottery officers didn’t identify the charity the person donated to, solely that it’s in Upstate South Carolina and that he gave all of his winnings.

“I hit sufficient to make somebody comfortable,” he instructed lottery officers.

Cafeteria employee ‘fell to my knees’ after successful $2M scratch-off prize

The chances of successful $50,000 by matching 4 white ball numbers and the pink Powerball quantity are 1 in 913,129, in keeping with the South Carolina Lottery. The chances of a 3X multiplier being chosen are 1 in 3.23 when the jackpot is greater than $150 million.

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The comfort retailer the place the person bought the ticket additionally obtained a $1,500 fee.

Single ticket wins fifth largest Powerball jackpot in historical past

On Monday, Feb. 6, a single ticket offered at a grocery retailer in Auburn, Washington, gained $747 million, the fifth largest Powerball jackpot in historical past and the ninth largest jackpot in lottery historical past.

Fred Meyer, which is owned by Kroger, obtained a $50,000 fee for promoting the successful ticket and donated all of it to an area meals financial institution.

The win drawn on Feb. 6 was the primary Powerball jackpot win since Nov. 19.