COLUMBIA, SC (April 25, 2024) – When a Lowcountry man saw the customer in front of him in line buy a lottery ticket, he decided to get one too. He won $200,000.
“It was like an outer body experience,” he said of winning.
He told lottery officials that he played the same game, a $5 Double Sided Dollars Extra Play ticket, as the customer ahead of him did at the Happy Liquor Store at 7400 Rivers Ave. in North Charleston. When he scratched his ticket and saw all the zeroes for a six-figure win, it didn’t feel real.
“It was crazy,” he said. “I wouldn’t have bought it if the customer in front of me hadn’t.”
And he has big plans for the unexpected windfall. “I’m using it to start a business,” he said.
For selling the claimed ticket, Happy Liquor Store in North Charleston received a commission of $2,000.
Three top prizes of $200,000 remain in the Double Sided Dollard Extra Play game at odds of 1 in 750,000.
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