The Piggly Wiggly in Columbia received a commission of $5,000 for selling the claimed ticket. A Midlands woman got a different scratch-off ticket than the one she asked for during a recent shopping trip at a Piggly Wiggly supermarket, according to South Carolina Education Lottery officials.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Call it fate or call it luck, but one mix-up by a store clerk ended up winning a Midlands woman $500,000 on a South Carolina Education Lottery scratch-off card.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- A Midlands woman won big after a store clerk gave her the wrong ticket, according to SC Lottery officials. A Midlands lottery player says a clerk’s mistake won her $500,000, and she couldn’t be happier for the mix up.

According to the South Carolina Education Lottery, someone bought a $100,000 Powerball ticket from Lotto Palace II at 505 South Fifth St. Officials said that the odds of matching four white ball numbers and the red Powerball number are one in 913,129.

COLUMBIA, S.C. ( WIS /Gray News) - A woman in South Carolina won $500,000 off a scratch-off ticket because of a clerk’s mistake. The South Carolina Education Lottery said the woman had bought a $10 scratch-off ticket at a Piggly Wiggly in Columbia.

The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to $650 million, the 10th largest in the game’s history. South Carolinians have until 10 p.m. to buy tickets for tonight’s 11

The South Carolina Education Lottery provides multiple ways to claim prizes, depending on the amount won: For prizes up to $500, you can redeem your winnings directly at any authorized South Carolina Education Lottery retailer. Simply present your signed ...

A Midlands man will be in the running for a $1 million prize during the final weekend of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

A South Carolina woman said she recycled the same set of quick pick lottery numbers for several months, and was rewarded with a $140,000 Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot.

A winning Palmetto Cash 5 lottery ticket was sold at a Midlands gas station, South Carolina Education Lottery officials announced Monday. The ticket was purchased at a Circle K gas station at 136 E. Dekalb Street in Camden, according to a news release.

The South Carolina Education Lottery says a clerk’s mistake led to a woman winning $500,000 from a ticket in Columbia.