Iraq veteran 'taking care of mom' with $1M SC lottery win
The State.com
October 30, 2014
A Charleston man was fixing lunch when he got a call from the South Carolina Education Lottery yesterday saying he won $1 million.
When he hung up the phone, he turned off the stove and called his mom. “We need to talk,” he said.
The Iraqi veteran entered about five or so non-winning tickets in the Lottery’s Millionaire Madness Second-Chance Drawing and then completely forgot about them. One of those tickets was selected from more than 525,000 entries received to win the $1 million prize, according to a release from the South Carolina Education Lottery.
“I thought it was a practical joke,” he said, until he checked the Lottery’s website and saw the winner was from Charleston and the number that called him was registered to the Lottery.
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