Instant Karma: Man Returns $500 Lottery Ticket, Wins $586K
Key Points
- A man who returned a Pick 5 winning $500 lottery ticket to their rightful owner knew right there and then - he would win himself
- The prediction proved to be correct, as the man won $586,000 just several weeks after he returned the ticket
- The man said that he felt confident he would win money from the lottery, having seen how grateful the $500 ticket owner was
Call it instant karma, because the story of a man who returned a $500 lottery ticket definitely feels like a good deed rewarded by fate.
This is precisely what happened in the case of a South Carolina man who saw himself win $586,000 from the lottery weeks after he had returned the ticket to its owner.
South Carolina Chooses to Do the Decent Thing – He Is “Rewarded” with Six-Figure Win
The winner, who was not named, told the South Carolina Education Lottery that several weeks before he ended up winning the six-figure payout, he had found a $500 winning ticket for the Pick 3 game at a Murphy gas station.
The man left his information in case the person who had lost the ticket returned, and surely, the owner did come back looking for the ticket and contacted the would-be winner himself.
It was this act of good deed that emboldened the lottery winner to then try his luck at the lottery himself, sharing with the South Carolina Education Lottery that he “just knew” he would end up winning.
“The owner was so grateful to get the ticket back that I knew I was going to hit the lottery after that,” he recounted.
Lotteries Are Stupid, Says US Treasury Secretary, But It Doesn’t Matter
However, the anonymous winner didn’t play the Pick 5 game and tried his hand at the Palmetto Cash 5, which was actually what happened. “I’ve been lucky in life and can use this prize to help some people. And maybe my story will encourage others to do the right thing,” he added.
Even though the US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently shared his views on the lottery, calling it a waste, and advising personal budget practicality, playing lottery games is a popular pastime.
Another recent story had a South Dakota lottery fund pick a $78 million ticket that was set to expire just six days before the deadline.
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