A Midlands coffee runs turns into a $2 million payday

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A man stopped for a cup of coffee and a lottery ticket and he left the store with an amazing pick-me-up.

After purchasing a $20 ticket from the Stop N Go at 704 Old Barnwell Road in West Columbia, he scratched the ticket, and he saw the #12 on the ticket matched for a prize that made him an instant millionaire.

“It’s simply life-changing,” he said. The winner, who does not wish to be identified, isn’t spending the windfall anytime soon. “I’m saving it for retirement,” he said.

The winner beat the 1 in 1,260,000 odds to leave seven more top prizes of $2 million remaining in the Millionaire’s Club game.

Stop N Go in West Columbia received a $20,000 commission for selling the claimed ticket.

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