Woman Turns in Unclaimed $200k Lottery Ticket

Someone was $200,000 in Summerville last week, but no one had the claimed the ticket — at least not right away. 

Eventually a Summerville woman, who's name was not disclosed by the S.C. Education Lottery, cashed in her winnings though. 

The Palmetto Cash 5 ticket was purchased for $2 at Mr. K's Piggly Wiggly on Central Avenue. The woman had played the game for eight years before the 1 in 1,003,884 odds swung in her favor. 

She told S.C. Education lottery that  telling friends and family she won was as much fun as winning.

“I wanted to tell my husband first,” she said.

Next, she whispered the news to a couple of her coworkers.

She proceeded to make a flip book that read “I won $200,000 playing Palmetto Cash 5” and surprised her daughter with the message later that evening.

The next day she notified the rest of the office.

“It really hasn’t sunk in yet,” the winner told lottery officials when she cashed in the winning ticket.

Saying “I won the Lottery,” takes some getting used to.

For selling the claimed Palmetto Cash 5 ticket, Mr. K's Piggly Wiggly 130 in Summerville received a commission of $2,000. 

Since the start of the Lottery in 2002, more than one million college scholarships and grants have been awarded to South Carolina’s students. In all, more than $2.9 billion has been transferred to support educational programs in the Palmetto State.