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South Carolina Lottery Results and Winning Numbers

Every game's newest draws, to October 7, 2026. Below them: what a ticket costs in South Carolina, which add-ons South Carolina Education Lottery sells, and what it is worth — with the arithmetic shown.

Latest South Carolina lottery results

At the jackpot standing after the October 7, 2026 draw, a $2 Powerball ticket bought in South Carolina is worth $0.93, 46c on the dollar after South Carolina's 6.4% withholding. The best South Carolina scratch-off on sale returns 90c — no jackpot, but far more of the money comes back. Every one, ranked.

Multi-state games in South Carolina

What is different in South Carolina

Ticket price
$4 a line, all in
$2 base plus $1 each for Power Play and Double Play.
Power Play
On sale — $1
Multiplies every prize below the jackpot by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10. We make the extra dollar worth about 46c.
Double Play
On sale — $1
A second drawing of the same numbers, every prize fixed, top prize $10 million. Worth about 53c per dollar — the best-value dollar on the ticket.
Prize structure
Fixed, as the chart
The published amounts are what you are paid — South Carolina does not adjust them for sales.
State withholding
6.4%
Held back before the cheque is written, on top of 24% federal. What you finally owe is settled at filing.
Minimum age
18
South Carolina Education Lottery's own rule. Five jurisdictions set it higher.

Rules read from powerball.com and South Carolina Education Lottery on 2026-09-22. Withholding rates and the calculator.

South Carolina Education Lottery's own games

South Carolina Education Lottery runs draw games of its own, and their results are not in our database yet. South Carolina Education Lottery publishes its own results here.

What is on this page instead is the part nobody else computes: what the multi-state games are worth under South Carolina's rules, which is not what they are worth under anyone else's.

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South Carolina lottery questions

What lottery games can you play in South Carolina?
Mega Millions and Powerball, plus South Carolina Education Lottery's own draw games and scratch tickets. We publish the multi-state analysis and the South Carolina rules; South Carolina Education Lottery's own draw games are not in our database yet.
Does South Carolina sell Power Play and Double Play?
Both. Each costs $1 a play on top of the $2 ticket, so a full South Carolina line is $4. We price Power Play at about 46 cents per dollar and Double Play at about 53 cents.
How much tax does South Carolina withhold from lottery winnings?
6.4%, held back before the cheque is written and on top of 24% federal withholding. Withholding is not the final bill. The calculator works out what you would actually keep.
Which South Carolina lottery game has the best odds?
Mega Millions, at 1 in 23.07 of winning something — though the prizes are correspondingly smaller, and winning often is not the same as winning much. A scratch-off is a different proposition again: the best on sale in South Carolina now returns about 90 cents on the dollar.
Where do these South Carolina numbers come from?
The multi-state games are cross-checked against several official sources before we publish them. Every source is listed here. The South Carolina rules on this page were read from powerball.com and South Carolina Education Lottery on 2026-09-22.

About the South Carolina Education Lottery

South Carolina Education Lottery sells Powerball and Mega Millions alongside its own games. You must be 18 to buy a ticket, and a winning ticket has to be claimed in the jurisdiction where it was sold. sceducationlottery.com

Every jurisdiction is listed on the lottery hub — including Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah, which run no lottery at all.