A man from South Carolina made an impromptu decision to buy a scratch-off lottery ticket, which proved to be a very good move.
The lucky South Carolina winner paid only a $20 for the scratch-off ticket
This man, who lives in the Upstate area, didn’t originally plan to buy a lottery ticket. However, during a visit to a Speedee Mart store, he suddenly decided to purchase one. This was mentioned in a news release by the South Carolina Education Lottery on January 19. At the store, he chose a $20 scratch-off ticket, as confirmed by lottery authorities.
The amount he won was unexpectedly large, surprising the man, as stated by lottery officials. He ended up winning a whopping $2 million from that ticket, lottery officials reported.
“My mind was blown,” the man said in the release. “I started shaking a little.” Because his win came as such a surprise, the man told lottery officials he didn’t have any solid plans for how to spend it.
The fortunate winner purchased the ticket in Clinton, located roughly 60 miles northwest of Columbia. The Speedee Mart store, where the winning ticket was sold, earned a $20,000 commission for the sale.
Lowcountry man wins $150,000
A Lowcountry man bought a few Powerball® tickets before Christmas and one of them gifted him $150,000.
“I was shocked,” he told South Carolina Education Lottery officials. “My wife thought I was crazy.”
He couldn’t believe how close he came to winning a jackpot worth more than half-a-billion dollars, when his ticket came up one number short in the drawing on December 23 (9, 14, 17, 18, 53 and PB: 6).
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He bought the winning ticket at the King Street Station at 356 King St. in Charleston. The store was rewarded with a $1,500 commission for selling the ticket.
The odds of matching four white ball numbers and the red Powerball® number playing Powerball® are 1 in 913,129.
