South Carolina officials are waiting for the winner of the latest Powerball drawing to come forward.
The winning ticket for Saturday's drawing worth nearly $66 million was sold in South Carolina. Lottery spokeswoman Tara Robertson said Monday that the ticket was sold at a Spinx convenience store on Highway 24 near Townville.
"We're hoping it's a local, you know. We don't mind if it's somebody from across the state, but it would sure be nice with the third time being the charm, being a local," manager Ronald Hurtado said.
The previous two winning South Carolina tickets were held by North Carolina residents.
"When we found out that it might be us, we were like, 'Come on people, come in and check your ticket, check your tickets'," Hurtado said.
The South Carolina Education Lottery will give Spinx $50,000 for selling the winning ticket. Spinx will give the store $5,000 to be divided between all the employees who were working when the winning ticket was purchased.
The winner could choose to take a lump-sum payment, which would be about $34 million before taxes. The winning numbers were 9-17-32-41-47, with a Powerball of 8.
A second player who bought a ticket in South Carolina matched the five white numbers, but missed the Powerball. That ticket is worth $100,000.
The winner has 180 days to claim the jackpot. If it's not claimed, the money will go into a fund to be distributed to schools with other lottery funds.
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