A North Carolina woman’s habitual weekly scratch-off routine paid off with a $1-million win.
Sabrina Bottoms of Conway made her Sunday night gas stop, bought her weekly scratch-off, and won the first $1-million prize in a new game.
She won after buying her $10 ticket on Sunday after a routine stop at a gas station.
“I couldn’t believe I won,” Bottoms said in a NC Education Lottery release. “I fill up and get one ticket every week.”
She scratched the ticket in her car, and then called her cousin.
“I had to get someone else to check the ticket,” said Bottoms.
She kept a very close eye on her ticket.
“The ticket went everywhere I went,” said Bottoms. “Even to the bathroom and to sleep.”
Bottoms, a warehouse worker, then had a decision to make.
She could choose to receive her prize as an annuity of $50,000 over 20 years or a lump sum of $600,000.
She chose the lump-sum amount and after federal tax withholdings, took home $426,063.
She plans to buy her dream home.
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