South Carolina lottery wheels
South Carolina's lotto-style game is Palmetto Cash 5. It also sells Powerball and Mega Millions. Choose a game to mark your numbers and see what each wheel guarantees, or read on for how the South Carolina games compare and how to play a wheel there.
Palmetto Cash 5 in numbers
| Game | Numbers | Per line | Draws a week | Top prize | Top prize odds | A small wheel* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmetto Cash 5 | 5 of 42 | $2 | 7 | Jackpot, from $100,000 | 1 in 850,668 | 10 numbers, 17 tickets, $34 a draw; comes into play on 1 in 13 draws |
* The smallest wheel that guarantees a three-number match whenever three of the winning numbers are among the ones you mark. Each game's page has bigger and smaller wheels.
Buying tickets in South Carolina
- Tickets are sold in stores, not online.
- The lottery's app can turn your numbers into a digital playslip, a QR code the retailer scans. That's the quickest way to enter a wheel's lines.
- To play a wheel in a store, copy each line onto an official playslip, or read your lines to the clerk.
- No lottery tickets are sold on election days.
For official rules, results and retailers, visit the South Carolina Education Lottery. LotteryWheels.com is independent and not part of the South Carolina Education Lottery.
National games in South Carolina
Other South Carolina Education Lottery games
The South Carolina Education Lottery also runs Pick 3, Pick 4 and Cash Pop. Wheels don't apply to those: they only help with games where you pick several numbers from one pool.