Man in shock after big South Carolina lottery win. ‘I could have used a defibrillator’
It took several tries for this South Carolina man to finally scratch a winning ticket that nearly stopped his heart.
The man, from Central, a town about 30 miles from the Tennessee state line, stopped to pump gas when he decided to buy a couple of $2 tickets, according to a news release from the South Carolina Education Lottery.
After losing a couple of times, the man decided to try his luck again with two more tickets pump and it paid off with a $30,000 win, lottery officials said.
“I could have used a defibrillator,” he told lottery officials after he won. “It was shocking.”
The man instantly knew what he would do with the prize money.
“It’s a down payment on a new house,” he said.
The odds of winning $30,000 in the $2 Electric Cash game are 1 in 480,000, according to the South Carolina Education Lottery.
Murphy USA #6940 in Central received a commission of $300 for selling the winning ticket, officials said.
This story was originally published March 25, 2022 at 4:47 PM.
