Sept. 30 (UPI) — A South Carolina woman credited a store clerk’s error with earning her a $303,000 prize from a Palmetto Cash 5 lottery drawing.
The Darlington woman told South Carolina Education Lottery officials she visited the Piggly Wiggly store on Pearl Street in Darlington and asked for a Palmetto Cash 5 ticket, but the clerk mistakenly gave her a ticket for the wrong game.
The clerk asked the woman if she still wanted a Palmetto Cash 5 ticket, and she said yes, but decided to alter her usual routine by forgoing her chosen numbers.
“I got a quick pick,” she said…