SC man went back to store to buying eye-catching lottery ticket and won game’s grand prize
A scratch-off lottery ticket caught an Upstate man’s eye, but he didn’t buy the game ... right away.
South Carolina Education Lottery officials said the man left the gas station/convenience store empty handed but couldn’t stop thinking about the Carolina Cash game and he ultimately returned to the Lowry Food Mart in Seneca to see if the scratcher was still available.
It was.
He bought the $10 ticket and it turned out to be a grand prize winner, as the man revealed a $300,000 jackpot, officials said Tuesday in a news release.
The man said he’s going to spend his newfound windfall to buy a new house, according to the release.
The winner will be allowed to retain some privacy, as South Carolina is one of 11 states — along with Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas and Virginia — that allow lottery winners to remain anonymous.
It was the last of the six top prizes in the now ended Carolina Cash game, officials said.
The odds of winning the six-figure top prize in the Carolina Cash game were 1-in-840,000, according to the release.
Lowry Food Mart received a commission of $3,000 for selling the claimed ticket, according to the release.
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