Lexington man’s wife thinks he’s lying about winning lottery jackpot

A Lexington couple are richer after winning a $200,000 playing the South Carolina Education Lottery.

The jackpot came as a surprise to the couple, who bought the winning ticket at Express Lotto on Bush River Road in Columbia.

A few days after purchasing a Powerball ticket, the Lexington man’s wife informed him that someone purchased a winning ticket from the same store. The man looked at his ticket and calmly said, “Well, look at that.”

“My wife still thinks I’m lying about the ticket being a big winner,” the man said to SC Education Lottery. “She won’t believe it until the check is in her hands.”

The ticket matched four white ball numbers and the red Powerball number drawn Jan. 20 (26-28-47-49-58 and Powerball 3). His $50,000 win was quadrupled with the purchase of PowerPlay for $1 when a “4” was drawn.

The couple plans to pay off their house and car.

“We’ll probably go on vacation as well. I’ll let her plan it though,” man said to SC Education Lottery. “I planned the last vacation we had together. It was a bomb.”

The odds of matching four white ball numbers and the red Powerball number are 1 in 913,129, according to the SC Education Lottery. The odds of a 4X multiplier being selected are 1 in 14.33 when the jackpot is $150 million or less.

For selling the claimed ticket, Express Lotto in Columbia received a commission of $2,000.

The estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing is $92 million.

This story was originally published January 24, 2018 at 4:08 PM with the headline "Lexington man’s wife thinks he’s lying about winning lottery jackpot."