COLUMBIA, SC (July 17, 2025) – A
Midlands woman was filling up her car at the Circle K on Parklane Rd. in
Columbia when she filled up her wallet too. She scratched a lottery ticket at the
gas pumps and won $200,000.
“It was just a normal day,”
the winner told South Carolina Education Lottery officials.
“I needed gas for my car, and
I had an extra $5,” she said.
So she decided to take a
chance on a $5 lottery ticket. She says when she saw the six-figure win, “the
best way to describe it is disbelief.”
The winner, who declined to
release her name, shared she is saving the prize money for her kids education.
The odds of winning $200,000 in the Money Money Money game are 1 in 870,000. One top prize remains in the game.
For selling the claimed ticket, Circle K Stores #5143 in Columbia received a commission of $2,000.
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