‘We couldn’t believe it’: Myrtle Beach tourist leaves with cash from lucky lottery ticket
A New Hampshire man won $300,000 on a scratch off ticket while visiting the Myrtle Beach area with his family, according to a release from the S.C. Education Lottery.
David Cioto, who was visiting with his wife and one of three daughters, bought the lucky Mighty Jumbo Bucks game ticket at a Circle K convenience store, at 4509 Hwy. 17 in North Myrtle Beach, and didn’t immediately realize just how much he had won.
“I scratched the ticket while we were out eating dinner and I thought I’d won $300 by multiplying a $60 win five times,” Cioto said in a release from the S.C. lottery. “I handed it to my wife, who then scratched the ticket off a little more with her fingernail. She found out it was actually a $300,000 prize! We couldn’t believe it!”
Three top prizes of $300,000 remain in the Might Jumbo Bucks game, with odds of one in 750,000, the release states.
The Circle K received a $3,000 commission for selling the claimed ticket.
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