Johns Island man wins $250k from scratch-off tickets | News

JOHNS ISLAND, SC (WCSC)- A Johns Island man recently won $250,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket.

The $10 Pyramid Riches ticket was purchased from Kangaroo Express #848 on Johns Island.

"I'm ecstatic," he said, telling lottery officials the last few years had been difficult for him and his wife.

"This win will bail us out," he said.

According to the winner, his wife can't stop talking about the winning ticket.

"She was going through everything we could do like take a vacation and this and that," he said.

"I told her we aren't spending anything," he said. "Not yet."

As of this release, three top prizes of $250,000 remain in the $10 Pyramid Riches game.  The odds of winning $250,000 are 1 in 576,000.

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