Homeless S.C. man hits it big

[Hum]

GREENVILLE, S.C. ? A Greenville, South Carolina man living at a rescue mission after falling on hard times said he now has a chance at a new home after winning $200,000. :D

South Carolina Education Lottery officials said the man bought a $10 scratch-off ticket that revealed he was a winner. The man told lottery officials he has lived in Greenville his entire life and used to work construction jobs but after hard times hit, he's been living at a rescue mission.

He bought the winning ticket at Simons Liquors Inc. on West Washington Street and said he jumped, screamed and smiled when he saw the winning numbers. His brother drove him to Columbia on Thursday morning to collect his prize.

"To see a person you know, he gets $200,000 but he doesn't have a penny in his pocket, I couldn't believe he won $200,000," said Simon Sfeir.

Sfeir is the store owner and said he's never seen anyone win a $200,000 ticket. There are two top prizes remaining in The Color of Money game. The odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 440,000. For selling the claimed ticket, Simons Liquors received a commission of $2,000.

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[Sandor]

Love how he's dropping $10 in a liquor store on a lottery ticket while being homeless.

First world priorities lol

[Mr. Gibs]

Love how he's dropping $10 in a liquor store on a lottery ticket while being homeless.

First world priorities lol

Tons of homeless people are alcoholics. I do sincerely hope he uses it to get his life back in order but my guess is that 200,000 will be gone by the end of this year (and he wouldn't have spent it on anything good).

[Growled Member]

Maybe, hopefully he'll use this money right and set himself right.

[Hum]

There's no reason to assume he's an alcoholic.

Good luck to him on rebuilding his life. :happy:

[Shiranui]

Hope his name is Henry Earl.

[moloko]

Good for him. I hope he gets his life on track and not waste because 200k does not go far even in SC.

[Charisma Veteran]

SC does have one of the lowest costs of living in the US, though. I know, I lived there for a long time, in that very town :)

Congrats to him, yeah, hope it actually gets used well.