Columbia, SC (January 8, 2002)– A North Carolinian woman won $10,000
on an SC Education Lottery ticket today. Gail Bolen of Gastonia,
NC bought the winning Carolina Riches ticket shortly before noon today
at a Shop n Save in Clover, SC. Bolen redeemed the ticket with her
husband, George Bolen, at the Columbia Redemption Center located at 1901
Main Street at 4:45pm.
Bolen bought the ticket because she was depressed about her car needing a new motor and bought the ticket to cheer herself up, hoping to win some amount of money. “It means a lot, it means a whole lot. I wouldn’t believe it in a million years,” said an ecstatic Bolen. “I still don’t believe it.”
Bolen had tried to buy tickets at the Shop n Save the night before, but the store had sold out. She then returned today to make her ticket purchases.
Bolen bought the ticket because she was depressed about her car needing a new motor and bought the ticket to cheer herself up, hoping to win some amount of money. “It means a lot, it means a whole lot. I wouldn’t believe it in a million years,” said an ecstatic Bolen. “I still don’t believe it.”
Bolen had tried to buy tickets at the Shop n Save the night before, but the store had sold out. She then returned today to make her ticket purchases.
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