COLUMBIA, SC (June 27, 2025) – A Lowcountry woman was having a crummy day until she played the lottery and her luck changed.
She won $375,000 on a ticket she purchased at the Shell station at 2935 N. Okatie Hwy. in Ridgeland.
“My bad day turned out well,” the winner told South Carolina Education Lottery officials.
She says she picked out the $10 ticket at store where she typically buys gas for her car. Then she drove to a quiet spot to scratch it. When she looked down at the ticket, she says her first thought was, “This can’t be right.”
The Mighty Jumbo Bucks scratch-off revealed a $75,000 win with a “JUMBO” symbol, which meant her prize was multiplied five times. She says she did the math in her head over and over again to be sure.
“It’s my favorite game,” she confessed.
And with the win, she made others happy too. She says she gave money to the local food bank and to her children.
The odds of winning $375,000 playing Mighty Jumbo Bucks are 1 in 960,000. Three more top prizes remain in the game.
Yamuna Foodmart (Shell) in Ridgeland received a commission of $3,750 for selling the claimed ticket.
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