If you're thinking of playing for the $250 million Powerball jackpot tonight, recent Conway winner James Davis has some advice for you.

"Any five numbers are just as good as any other five numbers," said Davis, who won $200,000 in Saturday's drawing when he matched five numbers, but not the Powerball. "It's just for fun. The milk money and bread money don't need to be spent on the lottery."

Because neither Davis' nor any other Powerball tickets sold Saturday matched all six numbers, the jackpot increases for tonight's drawing, said Tara Robinson, S.C. Education Lottery spokeswoman. In South Carolina, $7.5 million in tickets were sold for Saturday's drawing.

Tonight will be the second-largest jackpot since South Carolina joined the Powerball game last year, which includes 23 other states and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The largest jackpot was in December, when a West Virginia man won $314.9 million.

On Saturday, Davis nearly beat the odds of 1 in 120 million when his ticket matched five of the six numbers in the game.

Davis, who calls himself an occasional lottery player, had won about $10 playing random numbers in the Powerball previously, so he was surprised when the first five numbers on his ticket matched those drawn.

He missed the $200 million jackpot by the Powerball number, but Davis still brought home nearly $130,000, after taxes, since he had picked 2 as the multiplier.

"This was just a random chance. I just picked five numbers and said why not," said Davis, who is a year away from retirement as a sixth-grade teacher at Loris Middle.

Sunday morning, Davis said he went online to correspond with his two grown children via e-mail and do some online banking.

Before he logged off, Davis said he remembered his ticket and pulled up the S.C. lottery Web site to check the numbers.

"I looked at the ticket five to 10 times, and I said, 'This is not happening,'" the 54-year-old said.

"I had all five numbers, and I was almost scared to look at the Powerball number."

Since Davis' win he's developed "telephone ear" and said he has been deluged with calls.

"I have no delusions of grandeur; it's not going to change my lifestyle," Davis said. "I'm just a working stiff who won some money."

He has no big plans for the winnings, except "paying some bills."

"You go slow. You let the dust settle, and then you make your decisions," Davis said. "The first thing is to get over the initial shock. Everybody is giving you advice, and all your friends want a cut."