COLUMBIA, SC (October 9, 2025) – The Lottery caught up with an Upstate winner, who was back at work after cashing in a $200,000 winning ticket.
“It was wonderful,” he told South Carolina Education Lottery officials, describing how it felt to win.
He says he dropped in the Mit Food Mart on W. Georgia Rd. in Simpsonville and decided to take a chance on a $5 scratch-off but didn’t expect to walk out $200,000 richer.
He says only one thing would have made it better. That would be winning even more cash, so he could retire.
“I’m still at work,” he said.
Three more top prizes of $200,000 remain in the Neon Jackpot game at odds of 1 in 930,000.
For selling the claimed ticket, Mit Food Mart in Simpsonville received a commission of $2,000.
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