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Last-minute decision earns S.C. woman a $300,000 lottery prize

A Midlands, S.C., woman told state lottery officials she initially wasn't going to buy the scratch-off ticket that earned her a $100,000 prize. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
A Midlands, S.C., woman told state lottery officials she initially wasn't going to buy the scratch-off ticket that earned her a $100,000 prize. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

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May 4 (UPI) -- A South Carolina woman said a last minute change of mind let to her winning a $300,000 prize from a lottery ticket she almost didn't buy.

The Midlands woman told South Carolina Education Lottery officials she saw the Kings Ransom scratch-off ticket at Bob's Food & Fuel in Lexington but she initially decided against it.

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"I wasn't going to buy the ticket," the player said.

The woman said she changed her mind at the last minute and ended up winning a $300,000 prize.

"I was very surprised," she recalled.

The winner said her prize money will fund some home renovations.

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