COLUMBIA, S.C. — A Florence, South Carolina, woman cashed in on the largest Pick 4 payout to a single person in S.C. lottery history.
According to lottery officials, the winning tickets were worth a combined $304,000.
The winning combination was her mom's birth date, 1-1-4-3, drawn the evening of September 17.
She played those numbers 30 times. Ten times she played her numbers straight, betting $5 each time to win $250,000. Twenty times she played her numbers straight/box, betting $1 each time to win $54,000.
The winner, who by South Carolina lottery law is permitted to remain anonymous to the public, invested $70 into the lottery tickets and ended up taking home a $304,000 payday.
She said that was her strategy for winning and has been on and off for two years, but she was still surprised when it paid off in such a big way.
"I screamed," she said when her numbers were drawn. "Now this gives me a chance to help other people."
She told lottery officials she wasn't feeling well that day and wasn't going to play her numbers, when something told her to get up.
"It just came across me," she said. "Now this gives me a chance to help other people."
She plans to keep playing but try her children's birth dates next.
Cruizers on E. Palmetto St. in Florence receives a $3,040 commission for selling the claimed tickets.
Good for her!!!! That's a great story and I am so happy for her!!!
Thats's how you HIT a Number!
WOW!
Awesome Job, Congratulations 
Some girl did that in Indiana with the pick 3 she won $300 Thousand...
How Kool that would be...
Congrats!
Playing a set THIRTY times!? That takes moxie!
Not if you play other states numbers... Sometimes they hit exact/straight 10-15 draws back...
My statement exactly!
congrats to the winner.
CONGRATULATIONS
Guess that's why we'll never win the Lotto. If we had $70. or more for Lottery tickets then we wouldn't need to play!
This story speaks for itself in 2 ways. Number 1, gut reaction. As she said, she wasn't feeling well but something told her to her to play, and she did. It paid off big. Secondly, the same numbers. Her Mom's birthday. She probably has played those numbers multiple times, and now it paid. Moral of the story, "your numbers will come".
Sully and crew not commenting. I wonder why
If she spent $70 each time she played, imagine how much she lost in the past.
That's a big win, but how much is profit and how much was just getting past losses back.
Congratulation to her. She don't give up. Nice story & nice win.
Off on and on for 2 years is still quite a bit of money.. most people who play like this don't usually wager the same exact high amount each draw i'm certain... but $304,000 I dont think she spent that much before the win.. great job to her
Sometimes you gotta put it all on the line on a nice bet!
Awesome Hit
Wow. That was amazing indeed. Congratulations to this person!
Do you really think a birthday number ??
Lol
She has a system and she knows what she is doing !!
Would anyone be real and say that ??
Hellll no I wouldn't and doubt if anyone would !!!!
Imagine how she'd feel if she didn't play those numbers that day. Sometimes you have to go with your gut feeling.
That's what you call: Playing to Win!
Congrats!!!
Imagine that. Despite the numerous pre-tests, she hit big! :)
South Carolina Lottery drawing security procedure video:
http://www.sceducationlottery.com/lottery/behindthedraw.aspx
Goes to show that if one plays enough and/or is extremely lucky, they'll likely hit.
While her wagering amount is far larger than the typical player, there are many others who wager the same way. In PA, I occasionally see players buying $20+ on the same number.
Also, various retailers have mentioned to me instances of players regularly coming in playing $50-$100 on the same number daily. It can be a hassle for the retailer, since often the player will want it all on 50 cent tickets to avoid having to file a claim for each. The machines print faster than in the past, but the network delay is still there and it can take awhile, especially during busy periods and/or if the retailer network connection is poor.
Anyways, congrats to her for the big win :)
And hopefully, without getting carried away, she wagers big on that same number (and maybe some variants) for awhile, at least occasionally. It's amazing how often it happens that the same or similar (ie. boxed) number will come up again within a relatively short period of time. Not a certainty, but happens more often than one might expect.
This woman had a lot of confidence.(2) she had a preminition
She said "something just told me to get up and go....."
And she had a fist-full of cash..$70.00 for one pick 4 number
A pet number her mothers she then believed strongly
It was comming in her Beliving made it come to pass??????
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Most I ever played on 3 didget was $50 straight but never hit, have hit for$5.00 straight but when played for
$50 no go
Sat, Sep 17, 2016 South Carolina Pick 4 Evening 1-1-4-3
Tue, Nov 20, 2012 South Carolina Pick 4 Midday 4-1-1-3
Mon, Oct 15, 2012 South Carolina Pick 4 Evening 4-1-1-3
Sat, Aug 4, 2012 South Carolina Pick 4 Evening 4-3-1-1
Thu, Jul 24, 2008 South Carolina Pick 4 Evening 3-1-4-1
Sat, Feb 11, 2006 South Carolina Pick 4 Midday 1-3-1-4
Tue, Aug 16, 2005 South Carolina Pick 4 Midday 3-1-4-1
Tue, Jan 18, 2005 South Carolina Pick 4 Evening 1-3-4-1
Fri, Nov 19, 2004 South Carolina Pick 4 Evening 1-1-4-3
Mon, Nov 17, 2003 South Carolina Pick 4 Evening 4-1-1-3
Anyways i wonder if she is or ever has been a member on here.
Well on P3 and P4 I think lots of people play birthday numbers or other special numbers. Frankly, how much $$$ would you bet that she is lying and really used a system? Kinda like.....put your money where your mouth (or fingers in this case) is.
In any case, it takes a lot of guts to drop $70 on a number. Congrats on winning big!!!
Depends on how often "off and on" is, but had she wagered $70 twice a day, every day for two years, her profit would still be over $200,000.
Not a bad profit. Plus she said this was her strategy all along.
Wow! Congratulations!
Good for her because I am beginning to hate playing the sc lottery I played 478 all the previous week up to Saturday evening and it drop Sunday evening 847 I said the machines are rigged...
A man who works in my hospital in Louisville, KY plays $72 everyday on pick 4...he won $100K so far this year. We played his 4129 for a few days and the nine turned out to be an 8...$2500 out the window. One of the smarty pants Nurses figured he spends $26K/year on the lottery. He bought a Caddy with the last win and I said 'why not, it's "free" money'.
Bleudog101, That attitude of lottery winnings being "Free" money will lead to his losing all of his winnings.
If you're able to do it, then this is how you do it.
Even if just 1 number multi-times.
Only way to play and really win $$$ so goo for her
I do similar t her...Now i just really waiting to bank on main one this year (in all feasible combinations) 9531/1935/1359 it's late. Hit this each year here in NC
for 5 years straight the 1935 come out each year all the time(several a year) But this year it has not hit 1x yet.
I hope it is soon. I am doing it quite analogous to her. Congrats to the big winner in SC.
That is why the word free was in quotations, it is not really free afterall.
Sweet deal
Congratulations to her !
Wow no words just WOW!!
I wonder what the clerk thinks when she runs her ticket 30 times. More than that... What the people in line behind her think.
Maybe, just maybe, they have self service lottery machines in SC??
I'm wondering if someone runs their ticket 30 times and wins, does it raise a red flag with lottery officials.
Don't know about other states, but here it will stop when it says liability limit reached or words to that effect.
"Liability limit" what does that mean?
most states cut off ticket sales when 5 to 10 million worth of possible winning tickets are sold. So for 7 million liability states. They only sale 1400 of each number.
Sounds like the mob runs the lottery. Who are they to decide?
CONGRATULATIONS
Impressive
Wow congrats to the winner.If ur running certain numbers all the time,sometimes its good to go all in.Good strategy.