S.C. man wins lottery jackpot twice

Feb 9, 2017, 2:21 pm (17 comments)

South Carolina Lottery

By Todd Northrop

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man became a two-time lottery winner in a single day when he cashed in a pair of tickets worth $100,000 and $200,000.

The lucky Darlington resident has been playing the Palmetto Cash 5 daily drawing game for more than a decade, trying out different strategies to win, and yesterday he cashed in two winning tickets worth $100,000 and $200,000.

"This is life changing," he said.

His idea to quick pick five numbers at the Situ LLC on South Main St. and then drive three miles to the EZ Shop on Pearl St. and play those same numbers for a second time paid off.

"I'm paying off my house," he said. "I'm debt free."

On the local news he heard where two stores in Darlington sold winning lottery tickets. He checked his tickets and discovered both wins were his. His two tickets matched all five numbers drawn on Monday, January 30 (6, 12, 16, 28, and 36).

And he says he'll keep playing.

"Yes, of course," he said. "I'm looking forward to it."

Because he Powered-up the second ticket, his $100,000 prize was doubled to $200,000 when a "2" multiplier was selected.

The odds of winning $100,000 playing Palmetto Cash 5 are 1 in 501,942. The odds of winning $200,000 playing Palmetto Cash 5 are 1 in 1,003,884.

The odds of winning both prizes in the same drawing were seemingly unlikely, until now.

For selling the claimed tickets, Situ LLC received a commission of $1,000 and EZ Shop received $2,000.

Lottery Post Staff

Comments

Bleudog101

Lucky guy!    Congratulations.

 

Two folks won $225K in last night's Cashball here in Kentucky.

 

The lucky streak is going strong in 2017!!

Dragonsofra

It seems like there are a good number of people winning multiple big prizes, sometimes within a short period of the last one.

 

They may have spent a significant portion of the first jackpot to fund the next win.

LiveInGreenBay's avatarLiveInGreenBay

So what strategy did he use to win?

Bleudog101

Quote: Originally posted by LiveInGreenBay on Feb 9, 2017

So what strategy did he use to win?

I was a little confused about this too.  Said he quick picked five #'s, didn't say computer did or he just randomly quick picked five #'s himself.  I'm siding with computer picks.

Raven62's avatarRaven62

Quote: Originally posted by LiveInGreenBay on Feb 9, 2017

So what strategy did he use to win?

Play All Evens on an Even Day!

Kamalakar$'s avatarKamalakar$

Quote: Originally posted by Raven62 on Feb 9, 2017

Play All Evens on an Even Day!

FULLY APPRECIATE HIS EFFORT!

Congrats...

shadowlady's avatarshadowlady

Congratulations to the lucky winner.  I hope he uses it well.

 

(grump and I can't even win once)

HaveABall's avatarHaveABall

Quote: Originally posted by Bleudog101 on Feb 9, 2017

Lucky guy!    Congratulations.

 

Two folks won $225K in last night's Cashball here in Kentucky.

 

The lucky streak is going strong in 2017!!

I Agree!

ohiopick3's avatarohiopick3

Congrats to the "Man". Because "You never know when your luck is going to take place."

"And the sooner the better!" "For all of us LP Posters!"

Toronto

Some guys have all the luck!

Raven62's avatarRaven62

Quote: Originally posted by Toronto on Feb 9, 2017

Some guys have all the luck!

LiveInGreenBay's avatarLiveInGreenBay

Quote: Originally posted by Raven62 on Feb 9, 2017

Some People Have Bad Karma!

http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-20225/7-strategies-to-get-rid-of-your-bad-karma.html

I Agree!I Agree!I Agree!

EdG1955

Quote: Originally posted by Bleudog101 on Feb 9, 2017

I was a little confused about this too.  Said he quick picked five #'s, didn't say computer did or he just randomly quick picked five #'s himself.  I'm siding with computer picks.

Here in Arizona the term "quick pick" is used for computer picks.  According to the play slip instructions, "If you want the computer to randomly select either or both sets of numbers, mark the QP (QuickPick) box on a game, or ask the clerk for a QuickPick."

MoneyMike$'s avatarMoneyMike$

Quote: Originally posted by Raven62 on Feb 9, 2017

Play All Evens on an Even Day!

Play by scenarios instead of numbers.. increase your chances by almost 50%.. good one raven

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