COLUMBIA, SC (August 23, 2022) – Right now, three South Carolina Education Lottery winners are house hunting. One is looking to buy in Santee and the others in Darlington and Aiken.
The trio won a combined $430,000 in prize money.
“I was looking for a larger home and suspended the search,” the Santee homebuyer said.
Then he won $30,000 on a $2 scratch-off at the River Country Store on Old Hwy. 6 in Santee, and the search is back on. “It’s unbelievable,” he said.
The Darlington winner scored his down payment for a new home off a $5 ticket at the US Mini Mart on S. Main St. in Darlington. He scratched off a $200,000 prize in the store’s parking lot.
“I just sat in the car for a while,” he admitted. “I was in disbelief.”
An Aiken woman’s reaction to winning was almost identical, except she was sitting at home when she won $200,000 on a $5 scratch-off she picked out at the Enmark Station #860 on the Edgefield Hwy. in Aiken on her way home from work.
“I was overjoyed,” she said. “I’ve already started looking for a house.”
The wins leave one top prize remaining in the Carolina Gold 20X game at odds of 1 in 528.000, one top prize in the Carolina Gold 50X game at odds of 1 in 750,000 and two top prizes in the Triple Play game at odds of 1 in 750,000.
River Country Store in Santee received a commission of $300 for selling the claimed ticket. US Mini Mart in Aiken and Enmark Station #860 received commissions of $2,000.
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The trio won a combined $430,000 in prize money.
“I was looking for a larger home and suspended the search,” the Santee homebuyer said.
Then he won $30,000 on a $2 scratch-off at the River Country Store on Old Hwy. 6 in Santee, and the search is back on. “It’s unbelievable,” he said.
The Darlington winner scored his down payment for a new home off a $5 ticket at the US Mini Mart on S. Main St. in Darlington. He scratched off a $200,000 prize in the store’s parking lot.
“I just sat in the car for a while,” he admitted. “I was in disbelief.”
An Aiken woman’s reaction to winning was almost identical, except she was sitting at home when she won $200,000 on a $5 scratch-off she picked out at the Enmark Station #860 on the Edgefield Hwy. in Aiken on her way home from work.
“I was overjoyed,” she said. “I’ve already started looking for a house.”
The wins leave one top prize remaining in the Carolina Gold 20X game at odds of 1 in 528.000, one top prize in the Carolina Gold 50X game at odds of 1 in 750,000 and two top prizes in the Triple Play game at odds of 1 in 750,000.
River Country Store in Santee received a commission of $300 for selling the claimed ticket. US Mini Mart in Aiken and Enmark Station #860 received commissions of $2,000.
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