SC Education Lottery

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– A lucky guess lead to a Midlands man winning the Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot, said lottery officials.

The five numbers the man picked out of thin air won him $658,000.

His random numbers 10, 26, 34, 36 and 42 were a perfect match to those drawn on August 7.

Officials said he guessed them at the Two Notch Mart on Two Notch Road in Columbia.

The South Carolina Education Lottery caught up with the winner after cashing in the jackpot win, and he said he’s still playing Palmetto Cash 5.

He also said he is thinking of investing his prize money into some land.

The odds of winning a Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot are 1 in 850,668.

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