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I won $100,000 on a scratch-off – why my unusual stop led to a pay day

ONE lucky woman has hit the jackpot against all the odds thanks to an unscheduled pit stop that paid off.

A North Carolina woman is thanking her lucky stars that she stopped at a local convenience store that delivered her a winning scratch-off ticket.

A North Carolina walked away $100,000 richer after winning a scratch-off ticket prize she bought in the store she doesn't normally go to
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A North Carolina walked away $100,000 richer after winning a scratch-off ticket prize she bought in the store she doesn't normally go toCredit: Getty

Marcia Finney sure has a story to tell.

The Shelby, North Carolina woman recently stopped at Mike's Food Store, only because here regular convenience shop was closed.

She had a craving for potato chips and decided to stop in. While there, on impulse, she decided to buy a $25 scratch-off ticket, according to lottery officials.

She started scratching off "all those zeroes" on the Spectacular Riches ticket she just picked up.

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The 44-year-old assistant general manager at a Pizza Hut said she had to double-check her ticket, because she couldn’t believe she’d won.

“I wasn’t even supposed to be at that store,” Finney told the Charlotte Observer.

"I had to wipe my eye and look again," she revealed, saying she couldn't believe what she was seeing when she later claimed her $100,000 winnings at the lottery headquarters in Raleigh.

"This is not real, it's not real," she told officials.

Odds of winning

Her odds of winning were 1 in 4.26million, according to the Spectacular Riches page on NCLottery.com.

After taxes, Finney walked away with $71,017, per the lottery.

As for what she will do with the pot, she said she'd been looking for somewhere to live for two years - and could now finally "have a place of my own."

Spectacular Riches launched in October with eight top $1million prizes and 20 $100,000 prizes.

Three $1million jackpots and eight $100,000 prizes remain to be claimed, per officials.

According to North Carolina Lottery, so far lottery games has raised more than $9billion for education in the state since it started.

Last year alone, the lottery raised $936million and, per its website it says $0.95 of every dollar spent on a lottery ticket comes back to the state.

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Here's more on how one woman won not one - but TWO - $100,000 lottery prizes by changing up her strategy.

Plus, the deadline is fast approaching to claim a $1.34billion jackpot set to expire.

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