Lottery player had to do a double-take after checking her ticket. ‘It was exciting’
A lottery player checked her ticket — and the prize had her doing a double take.
“I looked it over a couple of times to be sure,” the $300,000 winner told the South Carolina Education Lottery. “It was exciting.”
The win was the real deal, and it came after the woman stopped for a drink in Pickens, a roughly 20-mile drive west from Greenville. She was at the Hot Spot convenience store when she decided she would also spend $10 on a lottery ticket.
It turns out, the ticket beat 1-in-1.08 million odds to score the top prize in The Rolling Jackpot scratch-off game, lottery officials wrote in a May 23 news release.
Though the lottery didn’t say how much the winner kept after taxes, she’s in no rush to spend her prize money.
“I’m saving it for a rainy day,” said the lucky player, who wasn’t identified in the release.
It’s not the first time a South Carolina lottery winner couldn’t believe their luck. Another man checked his ticket three times to make sure he was getting richer, McClatchy News reported in 2023.
