COLUMBIA, SC (March 19, 2026) – A Midlands woman was glad she was sitting down when she scratched a lottery ticket that surprised her with a $200,000 win.
She was in her car, in the parking lot of the Corner Pantry #111 on Garners Ferry Rd. in Hopkins, when she discovered the $5 My Money Maker ticket had won her the last top prize in the game.
But instead of rushing home with her ticket, she says she jumped out of the vehicle and ran back inside the store where she bought it.
“It was exciting,” she told South Carolina Education Lottery officials.
And she couldn’t wait to tell someone that she had beaten the 1 in 900,000 odds to win big.
Corner Pantry staff congratulated her on the win and celebrated too. For selling the claimed ticket, the store received a commission of $2,000.
“It’s a friendly place,” the winner said of the crew at the Corner Pantry. “That’s why I stop there.”
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