COLUMBIA, SC (February 13, 2026) – A Florence lottery player’s $500,000 win is his ticket to an early retirement.
He says he dropped by the Stop N Shop on Pine Needles Rd. in Florence on his day off to get a $10 lottery ticket.
“I was in a good mood when I bought it,” he admitted to South Carolina Education Lottery officials.
And he was in a great mood when the Ruby Red Treasures ticket surprised him with a half-a-million-dollar prize. “I was completely taken aback,” he said.
Odds of winning $500,000 in the Ruby Red Treasures game are 1 in 1,176,000. Two more top prizes remain in the game.
Stop N Shop in Florence received a commission of $5,000 for selling the claimed ticket.
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