COLUMBIA, SC (April 20, 2023) – A Midlands man jumped out of his chair when he scratched off a $300,000 lottery win.
“It was thrilling,” he told South Carolina Education Lottery officials.
Before that, the most he’d ever won was $500. But his luck changed on a $10 ticket that he purchased from the Cruise In Express at 1262 Main St. in West Columbia. He took the ticket home, so he could sit down and relax while he scratched it.
Soon he was standing up waving a $300,000 winning lottery ticket. He later described the feeling of winning the lottery to what a heart attack must feel like.
“And I almost broke the chair I was in,” he said.
As for his plans for the $300,000 prize, he is buying a new car and saving the rest.
Two top prizes of $300,000 remain in the $300,000 Gold Rush game at odds of 1 in 1,080,000.
Cruise In Express in West Columbia received a commission of $3,000 for selling the claimed ticket.
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