Winning lottery ticket was in SC man’s truck for days. Then he flipped down the visor
A winning lottery ticket sat in a man’s truck for days — then he stumbled upon a big surprise.
The South Carolina man was flipping down his visor when he rediscovered his forgotten scratch-off ticket. And when he checked it, he learned it was worth $200,000, according to the S.C. Education Lottery.
“It was so unexpected and so awesome,” the six-figure winner said March 8 in a news release.
The man hit the jackpot after a trip to the Coward Truck Stop on U.S. Highway 52, roughly 60 miles northwest of Myrtle Beach. While at the store, officials said he spent his spare change on a ticket for the Fiery 5s game.
It turns out, the man’s $5 ticket beat 1-in-750,000 odds to score the game’s top prize. And when the winner eventually discovered he was getting richer, the big win left him in disbelief.
“It came at a great time,” he told lottery officials.
The winner, who wasn’t identified in the news release, kept $139,000 after taxes, S.C. Education Lottery spokesperson Holli Armstrong told McClatchy News in an email.
It’s not the first time a lottery player has been forgetful. In North Carolina, a drawing escaped one winner’s mind, while the wife of another didn’t remember she had a lucky ticket deep in her purse, McClatchy News reported.
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This story was originally published March 8, 2023 at 3:28 PM with the headline "Winning lottery ticket was in SC man’s truck for days. Then he flipped down the visor."
