COLUMBIA, SC (June 18, 2026) – An Upstate truck stop is celebrating its second lottery millionaire.
The Woodruff Truck Plaza located off I-26 on Walnut Grove Rd. in Roebuck sold a lottery ticket worth $2.5 million this month. This comes after a player at the store won $2 million in August. Both wins were on scratch-offs.
“We are the luckiest place around,” said a proud owner Mike Patel.
And according to Patel, the lucky streak has been great for business. He says more customers are stopping in just to take a chance on a ticket.
The store’s recent $2.5 million winner, who does not wish to be identified, admits she wasn’t feeling especially lucky when she picked out a $20 Magnificent Jumbo Bucks scratch-off.
“I never thought it would happen to me,” she told South Carolina Education Lottery officials. “It’s amazing.”
Her ticket overcame odds of more than 1 in 1.7 million to leave one more top prize of $2.5 million remaining in the Magnificent Jumbo Bucks game.
For selling the claimed tickets, the Woodruff Truck Plaza received commissions of $25,000 and $20,000.
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