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The fresh year got off to a great start for a woman who literally hit the jackpot at a South Carolina gas station. According to WBTV, the woman purchased a Giant Jumbo Bucks scratch-off lottery ticket on January 2 at a RunX gas station in Fort Mill, South Carolina, and was blown away when she realized she was about to convert her 5 dollar ticket into a $250,000 prize.
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Store surveillance footage captured the moment the woman discovered she’d bought a winning ticket. She can be seen jumping up and down and doing a content dance before she hugs a store employee and a youthful man who we assume is her son. But in a moment that took us all the way out, the woman gets down on her knees and throws up her hands. There is no audio included with the clip, but we can only guess that she’s thanking God for her New Year’s blessing because of course, she is!
Watch her reaction here:
According to WSOC TV, the gas station owner says the woman buys lottery tickets several times a week adding that he was glad one of his regular customers could walk away with the prize.
“I’m glad it was her,” he said. “I see her every day and I’m glad to see her finally win something big.”
The now-viral video has received nearly 600,000 views on YouTube and plenty of comments from people who were content to see someone receive some good news for a change.
“This is actually really cool to watch. I am so happy for her. Awesome,” wrote one person in the comments.
But other commenters warned the woman to keep her winnings under wraps for fear of long-lost friends and relatives coming to hit her up for a loan.
“She is about to discover her entire family tree…” wrote someone in the comment section.
