A WOMAN has been dubbed the ‘world’s luckiest woman’ after winning a whopping £123,500 with her first ever lottery ticket.
Rebecca Powell made a spur of the moment decision to buy a £3.37 ticket to enter the Power Play on Saturday, January 7, before bagging the huge £123k prize.
The lucky winner, from North Carolina, USA, checked her results hours after the draw had closed, and was shocked to see that she had won ‘a fortune’.
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The ticket matched numbers on four white balls and the red Powerball to win £41,100 but Rebecca’s prize tripled after the 3X Power Play multiplier hit.
Rebecca, 48, told the North Carolina Education Lottery: “I thought I’d just give it a try. The lady at the store told me, ‘you truly have beginner’s luck’.
“It’s like a dream. Except I haven’t been able to sleep.
“When they did the Powerball drawing, I was looking at the numbers and then I screamed at my husband. I said, ‘Oh my God we won.'”
Rebecca plans to splash the cash on a new car and invest what is left in a new home after taking home a total of £87,890 after taxes.
Another North Carolina woman, Ronda Isaac, also won the same prize on the same day.
She said: “I never would ever think I would win something like this. I’m going to make this count”.
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This comes after a woman from British Columbia, Canada, won £3 million in the December 21 Classic Jackpot draw, after originally believing she had only won £3,000.
Geraldine Ettinger had only popped into her local shop to buy the ticket to avoid the icy weather and was blown away after scooping a mega jackpot.
The lucky lady had no idea that she had bagged a much larger prize than the £3,000 until an excited shop worker broke the news.
Geraldine told British Columbia Lottery Corporation officials: “It’s unbelievable. I feel very blessed and grateful.
“My new year’s resolution was to have more fun than last year and I think I will be able to achieve that now!”
