COLUMBIA, SC (June 8, 2016) – A Greer man says an act of kindness led to his $1 million lottery win.
A woman outside the QuikTrip #1134 on Woodruff Rd. in Greenville was asking for money, and our winner gave her the cash leftover in his wallet after he purchased a bottle of water and a Powerball® ticket. That ticket later won him a $1 million prize.
“The blessing came back to me,” he explained.
But that’s not the only coincidence.
He didn’t ask the clerk at the QuikTrip for a Powerball® ticket. He asked for a Mega Millions® ticket, but the clerk gave him Powerball® instead. And he’s glad he took it.
A post he saw on a local news station’s app saying a ticket worth $1 million was sold at that location reminded him of the ticket.
“Right then, I knew I won it,” he said.
He ran out to his truck to get the ticket and says he started shaking as he confirmed the numbers were a match for the drawing on Saturday, May 28 (6, 33, 34, 58, 59 and PB: 12). He called his wife, but she thought he was joking.
“We’re not going to retire,” he laughed. “But our kids will go wherever they want to college.”
The odds of winning $1 million playing Powerball® are about 1 in 11.6 million.
For selling the claimed ticket, QuikTrip#1134 in Greenville received a commission of $10,000.
The Powerball® jackpot for tonight’s drawing is an estimated $123 million.
Good luck, South Carolina!
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A woman outside the QuikTrip #1134 on Woodruff Rd. in Greenville was asking for money, and our winner gave her the cash leftover in his wallet after he purchased a bottle of water and a Powerball® ticket. That ticket later won him a $1 million prize.
“The blessing came back to me,” he explained.
But that’s not the only coincidence.
He didn’t ask the clerk at the QuikTrip for a Powerball® ticket. He asked for a Mega Millions® ticket, but the clerk gave him Powerball® instead. And he’s glad he took it.
A post he saw on a local news station’s app saying a ticket worth $1 million was sold at that location reminded him of the ticket.
“Right then, I knew I won it,” he said.
He ran out to his truck to get the ticket and says he started shaking as he confirmed the numbers were a match for the drawing on Saturday, May 28 (6, 33, 34, 58, 59 and PB: 12). He called his wife, but she thought he was joking.
“We’re not going to retire,” he laughed. “But our kids will go wherever they want to college.”
The odds of winning $1 million playing Powerball® are about 1 in 11.6 million.
For selling the claimed ticket, QuikTrip#1134 in Greenville received a commission of $10,000.
The Powerball® jackpot for tonight’s drawing is an estimated $123 million.
Good luck, South Carolina!
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