South Carolina lottery winner hits $150,000 after three years of numbers
A Lowcountry man won a $150,000 Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot with numbers he had played since 2023, lottery officials said.
By Georgia Hale · Staff Writer
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A South Carolina lottery winner turned three years of patience into a $150,000 Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot after sticking with the same five numbers, according to the South Carolina Education Lottery.
Lottery officials said the winner, identified only as a man from the Lowcountry, bought the ticket at the Harris Teeter on Long Pointe Road in Mount Pleasant.
The numbers were not a new hunch or a last-minute pick. The player told lottery officials he had been using that same set since 2023 and plans to keep playing them even after the win.
The winning combination was 11, 13, 24, 29 and 34, according to the lottery. Those five numbers landed the man the $150,000 Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot.
What were the winning Palmetto Cash 5 numbers?
The South Carolina Education Lottery said the jackpot-winning Palmetto Cash 5 numbers were 11, 13, 24, 29 and 34. The player said the numbers were familiar because he had been playing them for about three years.
Palmetto Cash 5 is the lottery game named by officials in the announcement. In this case, matching the reported numbers produced a $150,000 jackpot for the Mount Pleasant ticket buyer.
The winner told officials the moment he realized he had won was a first for him. According to the lottery, he said he had not previously won anything before this jackpot.
He has also already put part of the prize to use. The lottery said the winner reported buying a new car after collecting the money.
The ticket came from a grocery store on Long Pointe Road in Mount Pleasant, a coastal community in the Charleston area. Lottery officials did not report the winner’s name.
The jackpot adds another entry to the familiar lottery file: a player keeps faith with a personal number set, the numbers come up, and a routine ticket becomes a six-figure payday.
For this Lowcountry winner, the lesson he gave lottery officials was direct: the numbers that paid off once are staying in the rotation.
This story draws on original reporting from UPI.