Local lottery player marks wedding anniversary with a big win

GRANITEVILLE, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) – A Graniteville lottery player won’t forget the date he won a jackpot, because it was also his wedding anniversary.

Five numbers he’s been playing for a couple of years won him a $100,000 Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot on July 7.

He says he checked his ticket from the Pilot Travel Center on Bettis Academy Road over and over again.

“I told my wife, ‘I have an anniversary present for you. I think we won $100,000,’” he said.

His wife thought he was joking, until she checked the numbers on his ticket for herself.

The couple agrees the big win made their anniversary extra special this year.

And the husband is still playing those lucky numbers.

For selling the claimed ticket, Pilot Travel Center 4568 in Graniteville received a commission of $1,000.

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