Woman scratches winning ticket while alone in her car, SC lottery says. ‘I screamed’
A woman was sitting alone in her parked car when she scratched off her lottery ticket and saw she’d won $200,000, according to the South Carolina Education Lottery.
“I screamed,” she told lottery officials.
Her odds of winning were one in 750,000, according to the lottery. There is one top prize of $200,000 remaining in the “Carolina Gold 50x” game.
The woman bought her ticket at a convenience store in Pelzer, about 100 miles northwest of Columbia. The store, Stop-A-Minit #27, received a $2,000 commission for selling the winning ticket.
“It was a happy feeling,” the winner told lottery officials.
This story was originally published August 11, 2022 at 3:01 PM with the headline "Woman scratches winning ticket while alone in her car, SC lottery says. ‘I screamed’."