COLUMBIA, SC (February 14, 2025) – After 20 years of playing the Lottery, an Upstate man has won $500,000 on a scratch-off.
The winner says he got off work and stopped at the V Go Mart on River Rd. in Piedmont. He bought a $10 The Big $pin ticket and scanned it on the store’s ticket checker. When the message read to “Claim at Lottery,” he handed his scratch-off back to the clerk to learn more.
The clerk told him he won “five.” The winner thought that meant $500 and was shocked when he realized it meant half-a-million dollars.
He celebrated the win with a practical purchase, telling lottery officials, “I bought myself a new pair of shoes.”
Odds of winning $500,000 in the The Big $pin game are 1 in 1,500,000. Two top prizes remain in the game.
The V Go Mart in Piedmont received a commission of $5,000 for selling the claimed ticket.
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