A Rock Hill lottery player bought a ticket when he got off work and got paid $500,000.
“It was unbelievable,” he told South Carolina Education Lottery officials.
He says the new Triple Red 777 scratch-off caught his eye at the Scotts Food Store on Heckle Blvd. in Rock Hill. He took a chance on the $10 ticket and beat the more than 1 in a million odds to take home the game’s first top prize win.
The Lottery caught up with the winner, who was back at work after cashing in the half-a-million-dollar winning ticket. “Maybe I’ll believe it when it hits my bank account,” he said.
Until then, the winner, who does not wish to be identified, isn’t making any plans for his payday.
The odds of winning $500,000 in the Triple Red 777 game are 1 in 1,272,000. Four more top prizes remain in the game.
Scotts Food Store Heckle in Rock Hill received a commission of $5,000 for selling the claimed ticket.
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Thomas Hyslip lives in Tega Cay with his wife and daughter. After 27 years in the U.S. Army and Federal Law Enforcement, he retired to pursue his passion for teaching. Tom is now an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of South Florida. In 2 short years he has won 10 awards from the South Carolina Press Association, including first place in column writing, education beat reporting and best podcast.
