Lottery player had to do a double-take after checking her ticket. ‘It was exciting’
A lottery player checked her ticket — and the prize had her doing a double take.
“I looked it over a couple of times to be sure,” the $300,000 winner told the South Carolina Education Lottery. “It was exciting.”
The win was the real deal, and it came after the woman stopped for a drink in Pickens, a roughly 20-mile drive west from Greenville. She was at the Hot Spot convenience store when she decided she would also spend $10 on a lottery ticket.
It turns out, the ticket beat 1-in-1.08 million odds to score the top prize in The Rolling Jackpot scratch-off game, lottery officials wrote in a May 23 news release.
Though the lottery didn’t say how much the winner kept after taxes, she’s in no rush to spend her prize money.
“I’m saving it for a rainy day,” said the lucky player, who wasn’t identified in the release.
It’s not the first time a South Carolina lottery winner couldn’t believe their luck. Another man checked his ticket three times to make sure he was getting richer, McClatchy News reported in 2023.
This story was originally published May 28, 2024 at 9:19 AM with the headline "Lottery player had to do a double-take after checking her ticket. ‘It was exciting’."
