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South Carolina woman collects $449,566 digital instant jackpot

August 26, 2025 Posted by NC Lottery at 3:07 PM
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Pearl Perchinske of Conway, S.C., tried her luck on a $5 digital instant and won a $449,566 jackpot.

Perchinske won the top level “Epic” jackpot on Aug. 18 in the Wheel of Bonuses game, a digital instant game featuring a progressive jackpot that can be won at any time. She was in Charlotte for work at the time of her big win. The odds of that win are 1 in 6.2 million.

She claimed her prize Tuesday at lottery headquarters and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $322,565.

In the Wheel of Bonuses digital instant game, a player can play from 50 cents to $30. After Perchinske won the jackpot, it restarted at $50,000 and grew to over $125,000 as of Tuesday afternoon.

Digital instant games are played exclusively online on the lottery’s website or on the NC Lottery Official Mobile App. Fifty-three different games are available to play online now.

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8/28/2025 02:30 - Antreece R.

Congratulations,

8/27/2025 04:01 - Brian T.

A likely story to drum up NC business for the janky, rigged digital instant games that are worse than Vegas.

8/27/2025 01:58 - Charles P.

Apparently I don't understand the rules for players of the NC Lottery games. Thought you had to be a "RESIDENT" of NC and verified as same tp play.NC Lottery
Hi, Charles! Players do not need to be residents of NC to play or win, but they must be physically located within NC borders at the time of making a purchase or deposit to play online.

8/26/2025 11:55 - Darrell R.

Congratulations, On The Big Win...

8/26/2025 11:27 - Latandra V.

Congratulations on the digital win!

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