A Myrtle Beach tourist wins big after buying lottery ticket. Here’s how much she won
.jpg "A woman visiting Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, hit it big on a lottery ticket. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)")
A tourist in Myrtle Beach won $75,000 after purchasing a lottery ticket at a local grocery store, lottery officials said.
The woman, whose name was not released, was shopping at a Food Lion on Highway 707 when she purchased a $3 Cash Wheel ticket, according to a Wednesday press release from the South Carolina Education Lottery. The store received a 1%, $750 commission for selling the ticket.
“I had to look, and look, and look at the ticket again,” she said in the release. “This means my nest egg is back.”
It did not say where the woman was visiting from.
A prize of $75,000 is still left in the $3 Cash Wheel game with odds of 1 in 900,000, according to the lottery department.