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Quick Pick Wins Upstate Player $200,000

12/17/2021 8:59:38 AM

COLUMBIA, SC (December 17, 2021) – A Traveler’s Rest man won the Lottery and bought a new car.

South Carolina Education Lottery officials caught up with the winner after cashing in his winning Palmetto Cash 5 ticket worth $200,000, and he’s enjoying his first purchase.

He revealed his lucky ticket was a quick pick that he purchased at the W E Willis #2 on N. Poinsett Hwy. in Travelers Rest. He looked up the winning numbers for the November 4 drawing (4 - 6 - 17 - 22 - 23) on his phone and checked his ticket to find every number matched.

“I was ecstatic,” he said of his good fortune.

For selling the claimed ticket, W E Willis #2 in Travelers Rest received a commission of $2,000.

The odds of winning $200,000 playing Palmetto Cash 5 are 1 in 501,942.

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