SC Lottery raises $592 million for education

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – The South Carolina Education Lottery raised $592 million for education.

This is the fourth straight year of raising more than half a billion dollars for education.

Students in the state will benefit from a transfer of $592 million in lottery funds for Fiscal Year 2024. This brings the Lottery’s total funding for education to $8.3 billion since its startup in 2002.

“I am incredibly pleased that the Lottery is making a significant contribution to education for the upcoming year,” said the Lottery’s Executive Director Dolly Garfield.

An unprecedented five, multi-state jackpots that topped over a billion dollars and the addition of a new rolling jackpot to South Carolina’s own Palmetto Cash 5 game all contributed to the Lottery’s year-end results.

Lottery proceeds are deposited into the Education Lottery Account, in which the General Assembly makes appropriations in support of higher education scholarships and grants, K-12 public education programs and community education programs throughout the state.

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