Fine, I'll do it myself!
By Kate Northrop
LYMAN, S.C. — A South Carolina woman's winning story involves a $500,000 prize that may not have come her way were it not for her husband's simple mistake.
One South Carolina woman had to take matters into her own hands when her husband forgot to purchase some lottery tickets on her behalf, and the result was nothing short of "magical."
The anonymous woman was on her way home when she stopped at 357 Redi Mart on Highway 357 in Lyman to pick up the lottery tickets she wanted for herself.
"I was standing in line, and these bright, shiny and glittery tickets caught my eye," she told the South Carolina Lottery. "I bought three of them."
Those tickets were from the $10 "Money Madness Extra Play" scratch-off game, which offers a top prize of $500,000.
Her first two tickets didn't win anything, but the third ticket was purely "magical," she said.
"I felt like Jed Clampett when he discovered his bubblin' crude," she recalled of her winning moment to Lottery officials.
The Upstate resident cashed in her winning ticket at Lottery offices and had a chance to tell Lottery staff what she plans on doing with the prize.
"I'll have a little fun, take some trips and retirement will come sooner rather than later," she said.
For selling the winning ticket, the retailer receives a $5,000 commission from the Lottery.
There is just one more top prize of $500,000 remaining in the $10 "Money Madness Extra Play" scratch-off game out of the five originally available at the game's launch in May. There are also 8 out of 28 second-tier prizes of $10,000 and 59 out of 144 third-tier prizes of $2,000 left to claim.
The overall odds of winning any prize in the game are 1 in 3.57.
Congratulations
Right store, right time and correct selection of ticket is required to win with scratch tickets. That is a tough assignment for a player to pull off.
* l agree, but nobody & l mean nobody gets as lucky as Gloria Mackenzie. I have yet to read of anyone duplicating that moment.
When it's your time to win, nothing can stop you. Congratulations.
Who is that ,Gloria McKenzie??
Google her.
She died in 2021.
why don't you just provide a link to an obscure reference?
here you go vapequeen https://www.lotterypost.com/news/262097
That was expected at her age but the thing is the clerks finger would not have been pushed on that button at the exact same time for her as they did for McKenzie's request. Just a millisecond sooner or later and no one would have won. That is the issue for asking for a quic pic. The timing of the clerks finger on the button determines your fate. I would rather and do fill out cards instead.
* Because any response of mine is met with criticism.
Who criticized you. You are not that disagreeable on here. i suppose I could back dig and find something you may have been off on but generally you are fine. You are needed here.
* Since you asked: It's because in other parts of LP, l am considered a lightening rod and it spills over into areas l have a say. Nothing new, it's been going on for more than a decade.