A South Carolina Education Lottery player has won $250,000 from a $5 Giant Jumbo Bucks scratch-off ticket. The winning ticket was sold at Spinx #192 in Greer, and the retailer will receive a $2,500 bonus for the sale.
According to the SC Lottery, the winner said he was stunned by the result and initially asked a clerk to scan the ticket to confirm the six-figure prize. He later traveled to the SC Lottery's Claims Center in Columbia to redeem it, describing the win as "an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime thing."
A new Giant Jumbo Bucks game has since launched with six top prizes of $250,000, none of which have been won as of this writing. The odds of winning any prize, including break-evens, are 1 in 3.97, while the odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 960,000.
Separately, another South Carolina player recently won $200,000 on a $5 50X ticket purchased from the Circle K on Mathis Ferry Rd. in Mount Pleasant. Earlier this year, a third local winner claimed $500,000 from the Ruby Red Treasures scratch-off game.
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