COLUMBIA, SC (February 27, 2025) – A lottery ticket sold in the small town of Windsor, SC, in Aiken County has won a lucky player $500,000.
The winner says he stopped to get gas at the Windsor Shell on the Charleston Hwy. in Windsor where the clerk asked if he wanted anything else. He replied, “Give me that lottery ticket.” And he pointed to a $10 Mining for Gems scratch-off.
At first, he thought he had only won $500, but there were still three more zeros left to count.
“It made my year,” the winner told South Carolina Education Lottery officials.
His first big purchase is going to be a new home.
Odds of winning $500,000 in the Mining for Gems game are 1 in 1,152,000. Two top prizes remain in the game.
The Windsor Shell in Windsor received a commission of $5,000 for selling the claimed ticket.
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