COLUMBIA, SC (October 30, 2025) – A Midlands lottery player says a clerk’s mistake won her $500,000, and she couldn’t be happier about the mix up.
A store employee at the Piggly Wiggly on N. Main St. accidently gave her the wrong $10 scratch-off ticket. She had pointed to a different one.
“I just kept it,” the winner told South Carolina Education Lottery officials. “It was a blessing that has changed my life.”
Odds of winning $500,000 in the Feeling Lucky? game are 1 in 1,500,000. Two top prizes remain in the game.
Piggly Wiggly #119 in Columbia received a commission of $5,000 for selling the claimed ticket.
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