HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- A Grand Strand lottery player took home $500,000 after buying a $10 scratch-off at a Myrtle Beach-area Lowes Foods, South Carolina lottery officials said Thursday.

"It's a fresh start," the man told lottery officials.

The winning ticket was sold after the man grabbed his groceries at the S. Commons Drive Lowes Foods. He says he bought the $10 scratch-off with winnings from another lottery ticket he cashed in.

"I was playing with your money," he joked.

The Lowes Foods received a $5,000 commission for selling the claimed ticket. The odds of winning $500,000 in the $500,000 Jackpot game are 1 in 1,152,000.

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Caleb is a digital producer at News13. Caleb joined the team in January 2023 after graduating from Liberty University. He is from Northern Virginia.

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