A man in South Carolina has recently won the lottery using a strategy he saw on TV.
The man who has not been identified was apparently inspired by an episode of Lottery Changed My Life, a series that airs on TLC.
His strategy was to spend $25 a week playing the lottery for three months, according to a June 21 press release from the South Carolina Education Lottery.
He told the organization that he won $500 on his first week. He won big: $100,000 on a Powerball ticket in his seventh week.
"I didn't even know how to play Powerball," he said in the press release.
The press release said he bought the Powerball ticket at a Kwik Fill gas station in Hanahan, South Carolina.
After he bought the ticket, he thought he matched just two numbers. The press release said that his wife noticed that there were more matching numbers just one short of the jackpot drawing.
The press release said that his ticket was enough to win him a total of $100,000, which was double the amount from the initial $50,000 prize, since he spent an extra $1 on his ticket.
The man used his winnings to buy a car. He is still going on his $25 a week strategy.
He said that he is going to finish out the three months.