COLUMBIA, SC (January 11, 2024) – An Ehrhardt lottery player texted her daughter with an emergency. She’d just won $300,000 and couldn’t believe it.
“You might need to send an ambulance,” she joked, overcome with joy by the win.
After work, the winner says she dropped by the Ehrhardt Speed Stop on Broxton Bridge Rd. in Ehrhardt and picked out a $10 Sapphire Blue scratch-off ticket.
Now she’s looking to buy a house.
“This is my year,” she told lottery officials.
The win leaves four top prizes of $300,000 in Sapphire Blue game at odds of 1 in 984,000.
Ehrhardt Speed Stop in Ehrhardt received a commission of $3,000 for selling the claimed ticket.
The Sapphire Blue scratch-offs can be entered into a second-chance drawing for a chance to win $100,000. Visit the Players’ Club Rewards site at sceducationlottery.com to learn more.
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