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$2 Ticket Wins Birthday Girl $50,000

8/3/2021 8:29:14 AM

COLUMBIA, SC (August 3, 2021) – Surprise, a Saint Helena Island woman celebrated her birthday with a $50,000 lottery win.

She won the cash on a $2 Jumbo Bucks ticket that she purchased at the Seaside Mini Market on Seaside Rd in Saint Helena Island, transforming a run-of-the-mill birthday into something she’ll never forget.

“I cried,” the winner admitted to South Carolina Education Lottery officials, but they were happy tears.

The birthday girl says she celebrated with a family cookout.

“I still can’t believe I won.” she said. “It’s awesome!”

Six top prizes of $50,000 remain in the $2 Jumbo Bucks instant ticket game at odds of 1 in 600,000.

Seaside Mini Market in Saint Helena Island received a commission of $500 for selling the claimed ticket.

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