SC Lottery seeks vending machines to boost ticket sales

By: Jessica Holdman

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: April 1, 2026

Words: 450

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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COLUMBIA — Whenever the South Carolina lottery director shops in the Food Lion grocery store in Five Points, which sits in the backyard of the University of South Carolina, she notices that the line for self-service checkout stretches down the aisle.

“And where there are live clerks, they’re empty, because the younger generation doesn’t talk to people,” Dolly Garfield told House budget writers in January. “That’s a sad reality, but it’s the truth.”

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