Aiken woman wins $100,000 on $3 lottery ticket

SOUTH CAROLINA (WJBF) – Three dollars turned out to be a pretty great investment for one Aiken woman.

South Carolina Education Lottery officials said the winner, who was not identified in the media release, left a McDonalds and stopped in at the Price Shell on Whiskey Road to get a $3 scratch-off. She scratched off the ticket while sitting on her porch at home, winning the top prize of $100,000.

“I told myself that one day I was going to win it,” she said. “I couldn’t believe it.”

The South Carolina Education Lottery said the odds of winning $100,000 in the Lady Jumbo Bucks Crossword game are 1 in 600,000.

According to lottery officials, Price Shell in Aiken received a commission of $1,000 for selling the winning ticket.

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