Man bought lottery ticket and had to run back into SC store when he saw prize
A South Carolina man won a huge lottery prize when he bought a scratch-off ticket on his way home from work.
The man stopped at a gas station in North Charleston and bought a $10 $500,000 Jackpot game, according to a June 19 news release from the South Carolina Education Lottery.
The man scratched the ticket while standing at the gas pumps. When he saw his prize, he ran back into the store to get another opinion.
“I had to make sure my eyes weren’t deceiving me,” he told lottery officials.
The clerk scanned the ticket and confirmed the man won “more than the store could pay out,” the lottery said. He hit for $500,000.
“I had a feeling a blessing was coming,” he told lottery officials.
The odds of winning $500,000 on the $500,000 Jackpot ticket are 1 in 1,152,000, according to the lottery. There is one top prize left.
This story was originally published June 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM with the headline "Man bought lottery ticket and had to run back into SC store when he saw prize."
