I’m buying a house with new $200,000 lottery jackpot I was seconds from losing – second check you need to make to win

A LOTTERY player struck major luck when they won a $200,000 win they would put toward a new home.

The winner and their partner, from upstate South Carolina, explained how they would have lost out on a life-changing sum of money if they did not make a second check.

This pair, who wished to remain anonymous, purchased a $5 Double Sided Dollars Extra Play lottery scratch-off ticket.

The slip was bought at a convenience store in Spartanburg, around 70 miles southeast of Charlotte, North Carolina.

This couple purchased the ticket at a Circle K store on E. Main St, according to the South Carolina Education Lottery.

The wife explained that she initially threw the ticket away thinking it was a loser.

Her husband realized her mistake when he spotted the slip in the trash.

“You have a 12 on it,” he recalled shouting to his wife.

The slip had not been fully scratched before it was thrown away.

She scratched out the rest of the slip to reveal they had won the huge prize.

They visited the state's lottery offices to claim their prize.

The couple told lottery officials they would use the money to buy a new home.

They beat the one in 750,000 odds to win the game's top prize.

This new game first went for sale on March 19, 2024.

Another lottery player could also share the same lucky fate as this couple as there is still one more top prize up for grabs.

There are also 32 second-place prizes worth $1,000 available.

Top lottery winners in the US

Millions dream of winning the lottery and finding fame and fortune. These are the biggest winners in US lottery history.

• Edwin Castro - $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022, in California.
• Theodorus Struyck - $1.765 billion, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023, in California.
• Unknown winner - $1.602 billion, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023, in Florida.
• Marvin and Mae Acosta from Los Angeles, California, John and Lisa Robinson from Munford, Tennessee, and Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt from Melbourne Beach, Florida - $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016.
• Unknown winner - $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018, from South Carolina.
• Unknown winner - he sued the mother of his child to keep his identity hidden - $1.348 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023, from Maine.
• Unknown winner - $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022, from Illinois.
• Cheng and Duanpen Saephan, and Laiza Liem Chao - $1.326 billion, Powerball, April 7, 2024, from Oregon.
• Yanira Alvarez - $1.08 billion Powerball, July 19, 2023 in California.
• Wolverine FLL Lottery Club - $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021, from Michigan.
• Unknown winner - $842.4 million Powerball, Jan. 1, 2024, from Michigan.

The store has also come out richer as they received a $2,000 prize for selling the winning ticket.

LOTTO MONEY

These winners have not been the only ones to unexpectedly strike huge wins, The U.S. Sun has previously reported.

One man won $199,000 from a ticket bought at a bar.

He had purchased the slip at Wing Warehouse Sports Bar in Akron, Ohio, around 40 miles south of Cleveland.

This man took home $143,280 after taxes were withheld.

LOTTERY WARNING

Powerball players should keep their eyes peeled as two slips worth a combined $1.05 million have not been claimed yet.

These unknown players have a few months to step forward to claim their cash.