COLUMBIA, SC (October 3, 2022) – A Midlands man, who left an unscratched lottery ticket in his car, found out he’d been driving around with a $300,000 winner.
He made the discovery two days after buying the ticket and a bottle of water at the Pitt Stop #03 on Wilson Blvd. in Blythewood.
“I threw the ticket in the car’s console and forgot about it,” he admitted.
Once he remembered the ticket, scratched it, and saw how much he won, he drove straight to the Lottery’s Claims Center in Columbia to get paid.
“I was overwhelmed with joy,” he said.
The winner overcame odds of 1 in 900,000 to win $300,000 in the $300,000 Fun Fortune game. Two more top prizes remain on the ticket.
Pitt Stop #03 in Blythewood received a commission of $3,000 for selling the claimed ticket.
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He made the discovery two days after buying the ticket and a bottle of water at the Pitt Stop #03 on Wilson Blvd. in Blythewood.
“I threw the ticket in the car’s console and forgot about it,” he admitted.
Once he remembered the ticket, scratched it, and saw how much he won, he drove straight to the Lottery’s Claims Center in Columbia to get paid.
“I was overwhelmed with joy,” he said.
The winner overcame odds of 1 in 900,000 to win $300,000 in the $300,000 Fun Fortune game. Two more top prizes remain on the ticket.
Pitt Stop #03 in Blythewood received a commission of $3,000 for selling the claimed ticket.
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