Mega Millions $1.6 billion winning ticket sold in South Carolina, state lottery says

The South Carolina Education Lottery is reporting that a winning ticket to the $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot was sold in the Palmetto State.

As of 5 a.m. Wednesday, the Mega Millions website had not confirmed that there was a winner, but it did not refute the S.C. Lottery’s claim. The Mega Millions site said the next estimated jackpot was “pending,” after announcing the winning numbers 5, 28, 62, 65 ,70 and a mega number 5.

Other than in South Carolina, no other winning tickets had been reported. Unlike many other state lotteries, including North Carolina’s, South Carolina does not identify winners of lottery games, reported The Charlotte Observer.

Lottery officials will release more information later Wednesday, ABC News reported.

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