SC woman had lottery ticket in purse for days before revealing game’s grand prize
A Midlands man bought what turned out to be a grand-prize winning lottery ticket, but he didn’t know it for days because his wife took the scratch-off game and kept it in her purse before revealing the jackpot, according to South Carolina Education Lottery officials.
When the woman scratched off the ticket, the couple learned they had won a $200,000 prize, officials said in a news release.
The woman said she’s no longer “fussing” at her husband for purchasing lottery tickets, according to the release. From now on, when the man gets a ticket now, “he’ll buy us both one,” the woman said in the release.
The six-figure winning scratch-off ticket was sold for $5 at the Sharpe Shoppe gas station/convenience store on Blythewood Road in Richland County, officials said.
“It was great to win,” the woman said.
The couple is looking forward to taking a trip or two with their newfound windfall, according to the release.
The winners 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.
The couple overcame 780,000-to-1 odds to win the grand prize in Big Wins Extra Play, according to the release. Two of the game’s four grand prize winning tickets remain unclaimed, officials said.
Sharpe Shoppe, in Blythewood, received a commission of $2,000 for selling the claimed ticket.
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