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“I’m quitting my job,” says $1 million lottery winner.

11/1/2019 3:09:37 PM

COLUMBIA, SC (November 1, 2019) – A Charleston man is retiring early after winning $1 million from the South Carolina Education Lottery.

“I’m quitting my job,” he said.

He found out yesterday that a non-winning lottery ticket he’d entered online was selected from the more than 680,000 entries received in the Carolina Millions Second-Chance Promotion to win a $1 million prize.

“I texted my wife to ‘Call me,’” he said. “She didn’t, so I texted her ‘$1 Million.’”

She called after that second text.

“I’ll keep working,” she told lottery officials today in Columbia, while the couple was waiting to collect their $1 million winnings.

Her husband turned to her and said, “LOL.”
To date, the South Carolina Education Lottery has created 190 millionaires.

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