COLUMBIA, S.C. — A Hopkins resident won $250,000 from a winning $10 instant ticket.
The winner purchased their first ever $10 'Win Big' instant ticket as well as the last ticket in the dispenser. The ticket was bought at Kangaroo Express #822 on 3416 Leesburg Road in Columbia.
“I usually purchase a $1 scratcher every now and again on the weekend,” said the winner.
“I scratched the ticket while watching TV,” the winner explained. “It was dark, and I thought I wasn’t seeing the correctly. I asked the person I was with for a second glance at the ticket and realized I’d won big!”
The winner plans to put the prize money in the bank while they decide what to do with the money.
Five top prizes of $250,000 remain in the Win Big instant ticket, at odds of 1 in 660,000.
The Kagarroo Express received a $2,500 commission for selling the ticket.