Columbia woman said she was unlucky before winning six-figure lottery jackpot
One Columbia woman’s luck changed for the better after winning a quarter of a million dollars on a South Carolina Education Lottery ticket.
The woman told lottery officials she had been unlucky, but had a feeling that was about to change, according to a news release. She put her intuition to the test and bought a $10 Wild Cash scratch-off game, lottery officials said.
She literally turned her fortune around when she won $250,000, scratching off the top prize, according to the release.
“I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me,” she said in the release. “I fell to the floor.”
The woman’s name was not released because South Carolina is one of eight states — along with Delaware, Kansas, Georgia, Maryland, North Dakota, Ohio and Texas — that allow lottery winners to remain anonymous.
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She won the jackpot on a scratch-off game, which she bought at at the Spring Valley Convenience Store on Sparkleberry Lane Ext. in Columbia, according to the release. That’s in Sparkleberry Plaza, near the junction with Two Notch Road and Spring Valley High School.
“I beat the odds,” she said.
Lottery officials said the woman overcame 780,000-to-1 odds to win and claim one of the Wild Cash game’s top prizes. One more of the game’s top prizes remains unclaimed, according to the release.
The winner did not reveal any plans for her newfound fortune.
Spring Valley Convenience Store received a commission of $2,500 for selling the winning ticket, according to the release.
This is the second time this month a Midlands woman won the six-figure jackpot on a $10 Wild Cash scratch-off game.
After 18 years of buying lottery tickets, a Lexington woman hit the grand prize earlier in October after buying a game at the Quick Stop #2 store on West Main Street. That woman told lottery officials she and her husband are going to travel the country and donate to their church with their winnings.
