COLUMBIA, SC (October 3, 2025) – A Lancaster man’s practice of buying lottery tickets after work on Fridays paid off with a $2.5 million win in September.
“I’ve got a ritual,” he explained to lottery officials. “On Fridays when I get paid, I buy a couple of tickets. I’m responsible and only play on Fridays.”
He won the top prize on a $20 Magnificent Jumbo Bucks scratch-off that he purchased from the Community Discount Beverage on Lynwood Dr. in Lancaster.
“I think I looked at it 10 different times,” he said.
He even took a picture of the scratch-off with his phone and zoomed in to make sure the numbers really matched to give him the life changing $2.5 million prize.
“I’m not living like I’m broke,” he laughed. “No seriously, I’m going to go about it the right way.”
The winner beat the 1 in 1,714,285.71 odds in the Magnificent Jumbo Bucks game. Three more top prizes of $2.5 million remain in the game.
For selling the claimed ticket, Community Discount Beverage in Lancaster received a commission of $25,000.
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