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A Midlands woman is $500,000 richer after buying a scratch-off ticket in a spur-of-the-moment purchase, the S.C. Education Lottery said.
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The woman, whose name was not released, told lottery officials she was buying a scratch-off ticket for her dad when she decided to take a chance on a $10 Cash Money ticket for herself.
“I was speechless,” she said when she saw the $500,000 prize.
The odds of winning $500,000 in the Cash Money game are 1 in 1.56 million. Two more top prizes remain in the game.
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The woman bought the ticket at the Quick Corner #2 store on Broad Street in Sumter. Quick Corner #2 in Sumter received a $5,000 commission for selling the ticket.
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The woman said she plans to use the prize money to help her family as needed.
“I won, but my family won, too,” she said.