COLUMBIA, SC (April 23, 2026) – A Grand Strand woman says she almost didn’t buy a $10 lottery ticket that won her $200,000.
She wanted to play the Lottery after learning a family member had won a small prize. So, she bought a ticket at a local gas station but didn’t win anything. While in the grocery store she contemplated trying her luck again.
The Lucky Match Doubler scratch-off she picked out at the Food Lion on Dick Pond Rd. in Myrtle Beach won her more than she ever expected.
“I cried,” she told South Carolina Education Lottery officials, when she realized the ticket was a $200,000 winner. “I have never had anything like this happen to me.”
The winner says she plans to help her family with the prize.
The odds of winning $200,000 in the Lucky Match Doubler game are 1 in 840,000. One more top prize remains in the game.
For selling the claimed ticket, Food Lion #289 in Myrtle Beach received a commission of $2,000.
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