Aug. 22 (UPI) — A South Carolina man took a big gamble by buying 162 identical tickets for a single Pick 4 lottery drawing, and ended up winning a record-breaking $811,000 prize.
The Lowcountry man told South Carolina Education Lottery officials he had a good feeling about the numbers 1-7-3-1, so he spent $339 to buy 162 tickets bearing those numbers for the Aug. 7 Pick 4 drawing at Towne Centre Market on North Highway 17 in Mount Pleasant.
The man ended up winning $811,000, the largest amount ever paid out to a single player in a Pick 4 drawing.
“I was excited, of course,” the man said…