South Carolina man threw away his winning $100,000 lottery ticket before realizing he had actually won.
February 11, 2020, 10:56 AMCatch up on the developing stories making headlines.A South Carolina man is counting his lucky stars after almost making a very expensive mistake when he threw away his winning $100,000 lottery ticket before realizing he had actually won.
The incident happened when the unnamed man purchased a Palmetto Cash 5 ticket from a BP gas station in Newberry, South Carolina, and, when checking the numbers of the lottery results, saw that he had lost and threw his ticket in the trash.MORE: New gas station employee allegedly steals $17,000 on very first day of work
“I checked the results for the day before,” the man told the South Carolina Education Lottery according to a statement. His Palmetto Cash 5 ticket had actually matched all five numbers drawn on Friday, Jan. 24 and he only realized it when he was sipping his coffee and happened to look over the results again when he realized the horrific mistake.MORE: Man at Super Bowl goes viral after being caught sleeping through the gameThe winner said that he now plans to give the money to charity and set up a college fund for his grandchildren.
The BP gas station that sold the ticket received a commission of $1,000 for selling the winning ticket.
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