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Lottery pool rules in South Carolina
What a pool in South Carolina needs to know, each fact with its official source and the day we checked it. Another state
The short answer for South Carolina
- What we found in the law and the lottery's own guidance
- We found nothing in the South Carolina Education Lottery Act (Title 59, Chapter 150) or on the lottery's pages that forbids adults from pooling money to buy tickets and share a prize. South Carolina pays one claimant; the agreement names who claims and how the pool splits it. The South Carolina Education Lottery issues one check per group; IRS Form 5754 splits the tax documents.From our South Carolina page, reviewed Oct 5, 2026
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Pool rules in South Carolina
- Minimum age
- 18 or olderLottery game page · checked Oct 1, 2026
- Group purchase cap
- None found in the rules we read (not yet verified).
- Who the lottery pays
- South Carolina pays one claimant; the agreement names who claims and how the pool splits it. The South Carolina Education Lottery issues one check per group; IRS Form 5754 splits the tax documents.SC Education Lottery claim form · checked Oct 5, 2026
- Claim deadline
- 180 days after the drawingSC Education Lottery FAQ · checked Oct 8, 2026
- Can the winner stay anonymous?
- Yes. The lottery may not release a winner's name, address, phone numbers, birth date or Social Security number on a public-records request without the winner's written consent; it may still release the town, game, prize amount, selling retailer and dates.S.C. Code 59-150-145 · checked Oct 8, 2026
- Multi-draw, Powerball
- Up to 30 drawings per ticketSouth Carolina Education Lottery Powerball page · checked Oct 5, 2026
- Multi-draw, Mega Millions
- Up to 20 drawings per ticketSouth Carolina Education Lottery Mega Millions page · checked Oct 5, 2026
- Where to claim
- The South Carolina Education Lottery claim offices, with addresses and hours, are listed under Claim offices on our South Carolina page.South Carolina Education Lottery claim offices · checked Oct 5, 2026
- State withholding
- 5.21% on prizes of $500 or more (sources disagree on where it starts: S.C. Code 12-8-530: "five hundred dollars or more"; SC Education Lottery FAQ: "over $500"; estimates here use the reading that withholds more)State withholding table · checked Oct 9, 2026
Rules change. The official lottery and the state are the authority; check them before you play or claim.
Facts, not advice: we read each one on the official page linked beside it. Pool creation is open wherever a lottery runs, except Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (not open yet). The five states without a lottery stay closed. Responsible play
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