COLUMBIA, SC (October 4, 2024) – Winning $500,000 playing the Lottery had a calming effect on a Midlands woman.
“I felt content,” the winner told South Carolina Education Lottery officials, who caught up with her after cashing in the big win. “I have no worries.”
She says her luck changed on a $10 ticket that she picked out at the Community Mart at 4101 Monticello Rd. in Columbia. She couldn’t believe it when she scratched off the half-a-million dollar top prize, admitting she had to look at the ticket a second time to be sure it was real.
“It’s amazing,” she said.
The win leaves two top prizes of $500,000 in Grand Stacks game at odds of 1 in 1,440,000.
The Community Mart in Columbia received a commission of $5,000 for selling the claimed ticket.
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