WINNSBORO – A woman who bought a Giant Jumbo Bucks lottery ticket at a Winnsboro convenience store after work said she was feeling lucky, and that feeling soon turned into reality.
She won $250,000.
“I wish it would have been more, so I could quit my job,” she joked with South Carolina Education Lottery officials after cashing in her winning ticket, according to a June 7, 2024, S.C. Lottery press release.
She paid $5 for the ticket at the Mini Mart on S. Congress St. in Winnsboro. Joking aside, she says it was exciting and fun to win, but she got a little nervous thinking about what she was going do with the prize money. She said she plans to pay on her house and save for her child’s education.
The odds of winning $250,000 in the Giant Jumbo Bucks game are 1 in 960,000. Five more top prizes remain in the game.
For selling the claimed ticket, the Mini Mart in Winnsboro received a commission of $2,500.
