Prize money worth tens of millions goes unclaimed yearly in the SC lottery. So the state keeps it.

Tens of millions in South Carolina lottery prize money goes unclaimed every year. The largest unredeemed winning ticket was for $1 million.
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SC man's birthday gift to himself wins $500,000 lottery prize

Dec. 5 (UPI) --A South Carolina man bought himself a scratch-off lottery ticket as a birthday gift and scored a bonus present of $500,000. The Myrtle Beach man told South Carolina Education Lottery ...