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• MegaMillions coming; do we feel lucky?

  Tuesday Nov 10 | via The State 

  South Carolina added a new high stakes jackpot to its lottery lineup Tuesday, agreeing to make the multistate MegaMillions game available in the Palmetto State by the end of January.

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• Powerball, Mega Millions To Cross-Sell Tickets

  Friday Oct 16 | via WJBF-TV Augusta 

  Powerball and Mega Millions have agreed in principle to cross-sell tickets to their big-jackpot lottery games.

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• .com's Daybreak: Sept. 18, 2009

  Sep 17, 2009 | via The Signal 

  Hello, Santa Clarita Valley! Welcome to The-Signal.com's Daybreak, your point of entry for the day, and a quick journey through the past, present and future.

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• S.C. gets $1.7 million grant to restore tree species

  Sep 2, 2009 | via Myrtle Beach Online 

  Stimulus funds continue to pour into South Carolina, and now even the trees are getting some government green.

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• Playing the lottery is all a game

  Aug 30, 2009 | via Aiken Standard 

  There are as many strategies for buying a winning lottery ticket as there are players, but the odds remain the same across the board.

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• Lottery ticket sales rise

  Aug 29, 2009 | via Myrtle Beach Online 

  Even as joblessness has soared in South Carolina, at least one area of the state's economy hasn't suffered - the state-run lottery.

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• SC man wins $1 million from scratch-off ticket

  Aug 28, 2009 | via The State 

  It wasn't a winning lottery ticket worth $260 million, but one South Carolina man is $1 million richer after buying a winning scratch-off ticket.

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• SC retiree: $260M Powerball prize won't change me

  Aug 27, 2009 | via Star-telegram.com 

  By MEG KINNARD A retired South Carolina state employee who spent two bucks on the lottery was all smiles Tuesday as he claimed a $260 million Powerball jackpot.

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• $260 Million Lottery Winner to Give Millions Away

  Aug 27, 2009 | via National Ledger 

  Powerball winner Solomon Jackson Jr., will give much of his $260 million Powerball jackpot fortune away.

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• Winnings sometimes slip away

  Aug 27, 2009 | via Pensacola News Journal 

  I was as anxious as a politician taking a polygraph test awaiting the lucky winner in South Carolina to step forward and claim the $259 million Powerball prize.

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