A South Carolina man said he was about to throw his scratch-off lottery ticket into the trash when a family member discovered it was a $200,000 winner. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
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A South Carolina man said his scratch-off lottery ticket nearly ended up in the trash before he discovered it was a $200,000 winner.
The Lowcountry man told South Carolina Education Lottery officials he thought the $5 Emerald Green scratch-off ticket he bought from the Speedway station on Ladson Road in Ladson was a non-winner. Advertisement
The player said he was preparing to throw the ticket into the trash a few days later when a family member gave it a second look and revealed it was a $200,000 winner.
“It was unbelievable,” the player recalled.
The man said he didn’t fully believe he had scored a six-figure payday until he visited lottery headquarters in Columbia and was given a check.
The winner said he plans to invest his prize money.
