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A giggle, a $30K win, and a bottle of champagne

9/18/2026 9:39:50 AM

COLUMBIA, SC (September 18, 2026)A Lowcountry man got his wife a lottery ticket at Publix. She scratched it and giggled.

“I think we won $30,000,” she told him.

He looked at the $2 ticket and said, “I think we did.”

The husband picked out the winning ticket at the Publix grocery store at 45 Pembroke Dr. on Hilton Head Island.

They beat the 1 in 750,000 odds on the Tic Tac Doubler game to leave two more top prizes remaining.

To celebrate the couple bought a bottle of champagne.

Publix Super Markets #473 in Hilton Head Island received a commission of $300 for selling the claimed ticket.

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