COLUMBIA, SC (July 16, 2015) – It was a winning Wednesday for two lottery players in Sumter.
Both had winning tickets in the six-figures.
The lucky day started off at the Shiv Food Mart 3 on N. Lafayette Dr. where a woman spent $10 on a 50X scratch-off to win $200,000 and ended less than four miles down the road at the Sumter Stop on S. Guignard Dr. There a man scratched-off a $250,000 win on the $10 Classic Cash ticket.
Both winners declined publicity, but the quarter-of-a-million dollar winner did share his plans for the prize money.
“I feel super,” he said. “First I’m giving to the church, and then I’m investing.”
He claimed the first of five $250,000 top prizes in the Classic Cash game that went on sale last week, while the woman won the final $200,000 top prize in the 50X game. The odds of winning the top prize were the same at 1 in 696,000.
It was the largest lottery win for both convenience stores. But it’s wasn’t the first top prize win for Sumter Stop. In 2012 the retailer sold a Palmetto Cash 5 ticket worth $200,000 and in 2011 the store had another $200,000 win, this time on a scratch-off.
For selling the recent winning tickets, each retailer received a 1 percent commission.
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Both had winning tickets in the six-figures.
The lucky day started off at the Shiv Food Mart 3 on N. Lafayette Dr. where a woman spent $10 on a 50X scratch-off to win $200,000 and ended less than four miles down the road at the Sumter Stop on S. Guignard Dr. There a man scratched-off a $250,000 win on the $10 Classic Cash ticket.
Both winners declined publicity, but the quarter-of-a-million dollar winner did share his plans for the prize money.
“I feel super,” he said. “First I’m giving to the church, and then I’m investing.”
He claimed the first of five $250,000 top prizes in the Classic Cash game that went on sale last week, while the woman won the final $200,000 top prize in the 50X game. The odds of winning the top prize were the same at 1 in 696,000.
It was the largest lottery win for both convenience stores. But it’s wasn’t the first top prize win for Sumter Stop. In 2012 the retailer sold a Palmetto Cash 5 ticket worth $200,000 and in 2011 the store had another $200,000 win, this time on a scratch-off.
For selling the recent winning tickets, each retailer received a 1 percent commission.
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