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Upstate man buys car after $300,000 lottery win

GREENWOOD, S.C. (WSPA) – An Upstate man won $300,000 from a lottery scratch off ticket and has already made his first purchase: a new car.

“I’m so happy it happened,” the man told lottery officials. “I wish everyone could experience it.”

The man purchased the $10 Win Big Money ticket at the Greenwood Mart on Bypass 72 NE in Greenwood.

The game still has two more top prizes of $300,000 remaining. The odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 900,000.