COLUMBIA, SC (June 13, 2011) – When the Lottery started, Calvin Bonham’s picture made the Aiken paper. You see, he bought a scratch-off ticket and won $2. He made news again today. This time he scratched and won $1 MILLION.
“I couldn’t breathe. I was so hyper,” said Bonham describing the $1 million revelation. “This is a dream come true.”
He scratched the Carolina Millionaires Club ticket this morning. He ran screaming to his wife to get up, “I’ve just won $1 million.”
She told him to calm down.
So he called his mom, who burst into tears at the news.
Bonham has done a little crying of his own.
He is overcome with emotion. While his wife was ironing a shirt to wear to Columbia to cash in the ticket, he was pacing the floor wide-eyed and red-eyed.
“This shows if you do good things, it will come back to you,” said the choked up millionaire.
The $10 Carolina Millionaires Club instant ticket went on sale January 4. The Aiken man is the last in a string of five $1 million winners.
The odds of winning $1 million are 1 in 1,200,000.
Every retailer that sells a claimed ticket of $10,000 or more earns a 1 percent retailer commission, capped at $50,000. Ridgecrest Quick Shop in Aiken. received $10,000.
Since the start of the Lottery in 2002, more than 920,000 college scholarships and grants have been awarded to South Carolina’s students. In all, more than $2.5 BILLION has been appropriated to support educational programs in the Palmetto State.
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“I couldn’t breathe. I was so hyper,” said Bonham describing the $1 million revelation. “This is a dream come true.”
He scratched the Carolina Millionaires Club ticket this morning. He ran screaming to his wife to get up, “I’ve just won $1 million.”
She told him to calm down.
So he called his mom, who burst into tears at the news.
Bonham has done a little crying of his own.
He is overcome with emotion. While his wife was ironing a shirt to wear to Columbia to cash in the ticket, he was pacing the floor wide-eyed and red-eyed.
“This shows if you do good things, it will come back to you,” said the choked up millionaire.
The $10 Carolina Millionaires Club instant ticket went on sale January 4. The Aiken man is the last in a string of five $1 million winners.
The odds of winning $1 million are 1 in 1,200,000.
Every retailer that sells a claimed ticket of $10,000 or more earns a 1 percent retailer commission, capped at $50,000. Ridgecrest Quick Shop in Aiken. received $10,000.
Since the start of the Lottery in 2002, more than 920,000 college scholarships and grants have been awarded to South Carolina’s students. In all, more than $2.5 BILLION has been appropriated to support educational programs in the Palmetto State.
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