COLUMBIA, SC (May 16, 2024) – A Midlands grandpa is going to spoil his grandkids after winning $300,000 playing the South Carolina Education Lottery.
“It’s fun,” he said of the big win.
But it didn’t feel that way at first. He bought the ticket earlier in the day from the AMPM Food Mart on Hard Scrabble Rd. in Columbia. Later that night, he says he scratched off the $300,000 prize and thought he was going to have a heart attack. He even wondered if he was seeing things.
“It was weird and crazy,” he said. “But it was a wonderful feeling in the end.”
Two more top prizes of $300,000 remain in Cash Payout game at odds of 1 in 984,000.
AMPM Food Mart #4 in Columbia received a commission of $3,000 for selling this claimed ticket.
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