A winning Mega Millions game was sold in South Carolina. Check your tickets

Someone who bought a ticket prior to Tuesday night’s drawing won the Mega Millions $800 million grand prize, according to South Carolina Education Lottery officials.

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Although that ticket was sold in Florida, someone who purchased a Mega Millions game in South Carolina didn’t walk away empty-handed, officials said Wednesday in a news release. A Mega Millions player in Florence narrowly missed out on the game’s grand prize, coming one number short of a stake in the $800,000,000, according to the release.

For coming so close the person who bought the Mega Millions ticket in Florence will receive a $20,000 jackpot, officials said.

Now a search is underway for the winner.

The five-figure winning ticket was sold at the On The Loop gas station/convenience store at 1301 2^nd Loop Road, according to the release.

The winning numbers from Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing were 34, 48, 49, 59, 70 and Megaball: 12.

The winning ticket bought in Florence matched four white ball numbers and the gold Megaball number, lottery officials said. The Megaplier number was 2, and the prize was doubled from $10,000 to $20,000, officials said.

The odds of matching four white balls and the gold Megaball are 1-in-893,761, according to the release.

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The winner has 180 days to claim the prize, according to lottery officials.

The winner will be allowed to retain some privacy, as South Carolina is one of 11 states — along with Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas and Virginia — that allow lottery winners to remain anonymous.

“Sign the back of your ticket and put it in a safe location until you’re ready to come forward to claim the prize,” lottery officials said.

For complete information on claiming prizes, go to sceducationlottery.com.

On The Loop will receive a commission for selling the winning ticket, when it is turned into lottery officials.

Because a grand prize winning ticket was sold, the payday for a winner in Friday’s Mega Millions drawing will be $20 million, according to the release.

Tickets are $5, with a megaplier included.

The odds of winning Mega Million’s grand prize are 1-in-290,472,336.