A wife couldn’t contain her excitement after her husband scratched off a winning lottery ticket, according to South Carolina Education Lottery officials.

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The woman said she was so overcome with joy that she “took the ticket from his hands” when she realized they had won the top prize on the $500,000 Multiplier Money game, lottery officials said in a Jan. 31 news release.

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The Lowcountry couple visited a Refuel store on Daniel Island where the wife picked out the $10 ticket. She let her husband scratch it when they got home — and soon realized they had won big.

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“I didn’t expect it, but it was wonderful,” the wife said, according to lottery officials.

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The odds of winning a $500,000 prize are 1 in 660,000, the release states. Lottery officials said there are two remaining top prizes on the ticket.

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Daniel Island is about 15 miles north of Charleston.

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