Another Lottery Winner in Aiken

Another lottery winner in Aiken means you need to check your tickets if you purchased some for Saturday night's Powerball drawing.

Aiken has been on a roll with winners lately.

The latest is a $50,000 winner who purchased the winning ticket at Kroger on Whiskey Road.  The winner has 180 days to claim the prize.

South Carolina Education Lottery officials say the ticket was one number shy of winning the Powerball grand prize Saturday night, which would have been just under $1 billion.

The winning numbers in Saturday's drawing were 12, 13, 33, 50, 52 and Powerball: 23.

When the ticket is claimed, Kroger will get a commission from the lottery for selling it.

The jackpot for Wednesday's Powerball drawing is an estimated $1.09 billion.

Odds of winning the Powerball grand prize are 1-in-293 million.

Since the beginning of the year, two $2 million winners bought tickets at Circle K stores in Aiken.

In early January, the first "$20 Millionaire's Club" scratch-off ticket was purchased at Circle K at 1014 E. Pine Log Road.  Then the second $2 million winner purchased the ticket at Circle K at 2948 Whiskey Road, about four miles from the first winning location.

Both Circle K stores received a commission of $20,000 for selling the tickets that were claimed.

South Carolina Education Lottery officials says the odds of winning are 1-in-1,260,000.

Lottery winners in some states can choose to remain anonymous, such as in South Carolina.  Other states on that list include Georgia, Arizona, Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas and Virginia.

Aiken isn't the only place to buy a winning lottery ticket.  Late in March, a Martinez resident bought a "100x the Cash" scratch-off ticket at The Pumping Station at 4370 Evans-to-Locks Road in Evans.  Two weeks before that, a ticket purchased at Publix on Washington Road in Evans was also worth $2 million.

We all know the odds of winning tonight's $1.2 billion Powerball lottery are very slim. It's something like 1 in 292,201,338, according to Powerball.com. So, obviously not the best odds. But, there are some odd things that you have better odds of happening to you, according to The Motley Fool! But, if you were to win, what would you do with the money?  This South Carolina man won big, and here's what he did first!

Now while The Motley Fool has 35 things on their list, we just hand-picked a few of the oddest, or craziest, from the list to share.  If you want to see all 35, click here!

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We know there are a lot of avid golfers here in the Augusta area, and we also know a hole in one can be elusive. But there's still a better chance with that than winning the lottery!  The odds are about 1 in 3,000 for a tour player... and 1 in 12,000 for an average golfer.

Since being a movie star could bring some wealth along with it, you might consider taking a shot over playing the lottery.  The odds are estimated to be around 1 in 1.5 million.  Slim yes, but still better than 1 in 292 million!

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Getting struck by lightning has about a 1 in 1 million chance of happening.  Again, still better odds than the Powerball lottery winner!

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Identity theft is a growing problem.  Back in 2017, about 1 in 15 people reported being a victim! And we can only imagine with more technology... this number is probably growing!

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From the 2021 class, acceptance rate from those who applied was about 5.2%.  That's about a 1 in 20 chance of getting into Harvard. But, that does mean you'd have to apply.  And we all know Harvard students are usually above-average students, but even though an average student would have lower odds of getting in-- there's still a better chance than winning the Powerball jackpot!