Lottery player cashing in small win tries out one more ticket. It made him ‘ecstatic’
One small decision prompted by a store clerk turned into a “six-figure payday” for a South Carolina lottery player, officials said.
The Summerville man was cashing a “small winning ticket,” when the clerk asked if he’d like to buy one more, according to a Sept. 20 news release from the South Carolina Education Lottery.
Although he wasn’t planning to buy another one, he told the clerk “Yes,” and picked out a $5 Players’ Club scratch-off ticket.
He scanned the ticket using the lottery app.
When he got the message “Claim at Lottery,” he scratched the whole ticket to see what he’d won, revealing the top prize of $200,000, according to lottery officials.
“I was ecstatic,” the man told lottery officials. He said he plans to use his prize to help his family.
He bought his winning ticket at Fast Break Lounge in Summerville, according to the release.
Odds of winning the jackpot prize are 1 in 750,000.
Summerville is about a 25-mile drive northwest from Charleston.
This story was originally published September 20, 2024 at 3:02 PM with the headline "Lottery player cashing in small win tries out one more ticket. It made him ‘ecstatic’."
