COLUMBIA, SC (October 10, 2025) – It’s a brand new car for a Midlands wife after the husband won $500,000 playing the Lottery.
“It was a life changing experience,” he told South Carolina Education Lottery officials. “I’m still in shock.”
He won the half-a-million dollar windfall on a $10 scratch-off ticket he purchased at the City Fuel & Food on Bush River Rd. in Columbia.
And the wife is not the only one getting a new ride.
“I’m getting a used, cheap car to drive,” the husband said.
Odds of winning $500,000 in the Red Hot Bonus game are 1 in 1,500,000. One top prize remains in the game.
City Fuel & Food Inc. in Columbia received a commission of $5,000 for selling the claimed ticket.
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