Powerball winner buys boat, truck to pull it | News

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – The fish are
biting out on Lake Wateree, and that's where you'll find the Lottery's latest
winner. His old boat has been misbehaving, but Saturday's Powerball®
drawing has gifted him a new one.

He can also afford a new truck to pull the boat with his $2
MILLION Powerball® payday.

"I'm rich," he screamed when the family birth dates he's
played for a decade matched the white ball results in Sunday's newspaper (5,
13, 17, 20, and 30  PB: 18). 

The winner suspected he won $200,000, and was visibly shaken
when lottery officials informed him he was a millionaire, two times over.

Paying the extra $1 for PowerPlay® is what increased his $1
million prize to $2 million. 

"I've been playing ever since you opened," he said raising
his fist to heaven.

"Thank you," he said.

The odds of winning $2 MILLION playing Powerball® are 1 in
5,153,633.

Alhanik in Columbia received a commission of
$20,000 for selling the claimed ticket.

Since
the start of the Lottery in 2002, more than one million college scholarships
and grants have been awarded to South Carolina's students. In all, more than
$2.7 BILLION has been transferred to support educational programs in the
Palmetto State.

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