‘Wow!’: Woman wins $50K lottery ticket at new Conway convenience store
CONWAY, S.C. (WBTW) — A woman struck gold when she won $50,000 on lucky number 13 at a convenience store in Conway that had just opened.
The winning ticket was sold March 13 at a Refuel convenience store that had just opened along Highway 501, lottery officials said. The woman bought ticket number 13 and matched the winning number 13 for her big win.
The store had only been selling lottery tickets for five days. Monique Burgess, the area’s lottery marketing sales representative, said the store made history selling the ticket that fast.
“This has never happened that quick in my 19 years with the lottery,” Burgess said.
Refuel’s manager Samantha Hatoway was just as surprised when she found out the store had set a record time, giving a simple “wow!”
The winner told lottery officials she had been watching them build the new store and was coming back from the airport when she saw it was open.
“I was thirsty,” she said. “I got a drink and was waiting at the register and looking at all the lottery tickets. I had a few extra dollars, so I got two tickets.”
“They joked that 13 must be my new lucky number,” the woman continued.
The Conway Refuel received a $500 commission for selling the winning ticket.
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