Wedding bells in lottery winners’ future | News

A Columbia couple
is a step closer to getting married after winning $100,000 playing the
Lottery.

Saturday evening the pair was relaxing at home and listening
to music when they scratched the $5 Muscle Car Money^TM
ticket.

"I sat on the floor and cried," said the bride-to-be when
she heard they had won $100,000.

The couple is sharing the prize money. 

Each received $34,000 after taxes.

"It turned out to be a pretty dog gone good weekend," the
groom-to-be said.

As of this release, three top prizes of $100,000 remain in
the Muscle Car Money^TM game.

The odds of winning $100,000 are 1 in 312,000.

For selling the claimed ticket, Quick Stop & Go received
a commission of $1,000.

Players not winning on the Muscle Car Money^TM
scratch-off can enter their tickets online or by mail for a chance to win their
choice of one of four Muscle cars in the second-chance drawing.  Four
Muscle Cars will be won and a final drawing will be held to award
$100,000.  For complete details, visit sceducationlottery.com or ask your
local lottery retailer.

Since
the start of the Lottery in 2002, more than one million college scholarships
and grants have been awarded to South Carolina's students. In all, more than
$2.7 BILLION has been transferred to support educational programs in the
Palmetto State.