Lottery player hits jackpot at SC grocery store. She celebrates with a big purchase
A lottery player hit the jackpot — and celebrated with a big purchase.
After the woman discovered her lottery ticket was worth $500,000, she put a down payment on a new house, according to the South Carolina Education Lottery.
“It was a blessing,” the prize winner told lottery officials in a Feb. 7 news release.
The woman, who wasn’t identified in the release, got richer after stopping at a Publix supermarket in Charleston. While at the grocery store, she spent $10 on a ticket for the Cash King scratch-off game.
It turns out, the woman’s ticket beat 1-in-1.5 million odds to score the game’s top prize. She kept $347,500 after taxes, lottery spokesperson Holli Armstrong told McClatchy News in an email.
It’s not the first time a lottery player scored a life-changing prize at a South Carolina grocery store. Another Publix shopper thought she won $500 before realizing she was getting a much bigger windfall, McClatchy News reported in 2023.
This story was originally published February 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM with the headline "Lottery player hits jackpot at SC grocery store. She celebrates with a big purchase."
