Talk about a happy accident! A Columbia woman is celebrating a massive $500,000 win after a simple mix-up at a local Piggly Wiggly turned into pure luck.
It all started when she asked for one scratch-off ticket but got a different one instead. Rather than exchange it, she decided to keep the “Feeling Lucky?” $10 ticket—and boy, was she ever lucky!
“I just kept it. It was a blessing that changed my life,” she said in a statement to the South Carolina Education Lottery.
Here’s the kicker: the odds of hitting that $500,000 jackpot were 1 in 1.5 million—but that didn’t stop this Midlands shopper from striking gold.
The winning ticket came from the Piggly Wiggly on North Main Street in Columbia, and according to lottery officials, two top prizes are still waiting to be claimed in the same game.
So next time your cashier hands you the wrong ticket, maybe take a second look—it could be the best mistake of your life!
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