COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – The South Carolina Education Lottery says a clerk’s mistake led to a woman winning $500,000 from a ticket in Columbia.
The lottery said an employee at the Piggly Wiggly on North Main Street accidentally handed the woman the wrong $10 scratch-off ticket during a recent purchase.
The woman told officials she initially pointed to a different ticket, but ended up winning from the “Feeling Lucky?” game.
“I just kept it. It was a blessing that changed my life,” she said in a statement provided by the lottery.
The lottery said the odds of winning $500,000 in the game are 1 in 1.5 million. Two top prizes still remain for the game.
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