Son asks mom to ride with him to cash big SC lottery prize. He had a surprise for her
A South Carolina woman took the more than two-hour trek with her son to cash his winning lottery ticket — and got a piece of his prize, lottery officials said.
The Pawleys Island man invited her to ride with him to Columbia after nabbing $300,000 on a Kings Ransom scratch-off, according to the South Carolina Education Lottery.
He’d purchased the ticket at Pawleys Express in Pawleys Island, officials said in a news release.
“He was very excited about it,” his mother told officials.
As a thank you, the woman said her son “gave me a tip” from his winnings, though she didn’t say how much.
The lottery player beat odds of 1 in 900,000 to win the $300,000 prize, officials said. There are now only two top prizes remaining in the Kings Ransom game.
This story was originally published August 4, 2023 at 7:07 AM with the headline "Son asks mom to ride with him to cash big SC lottery prize. He had a surprise for her."