She stopped at grocery store for one item — a SC lottery ticket. It paid off big time
A South Carolina woman had one item on her grocery list — and it left her in disbelief.
The moment of surprise came after the woman stopped to buy a lottery ticket at a Harris Teeter in Mount Pleasant, near Charleston. While at the Long Point Road store, officials said she tried her luck on the Palmetto Cash 5 game.
When she checked how the ticket fared in the July 26 drawing, she learned it matched enough numbers to win a $100,000 prize, the S.C. Education Lottery said Monday.
But after beating odds of more than 1 in 500,000, she faced a big dilemma.
“I don’t even know how I’m going to spend it,” said the woman, who kept $69,000 after taxes. She wasn’t identified in the lottery’s news release.
It’s not the first time someone in the Carolinas went on a grocery run and came back with a winning ticket.
In March, officials said a South Carolina couple stopping for food won $100,000 after they added a Powerball ticket to their list.
And last year, a North Carolina college student hit the jackpot when he went to pick up some items for dinner, McClatchy News reported.
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This story was originally published August 10, 2021 at 8:43 AM.
