A North Carolina college student won a nice 19th birthday gift after buying her first lottery ticket: $100,000.
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- UNCW student won a nice 19th birthday gift after buying her first lottery ticket: $100,000.
Laniah Ashley, a freshman at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, was back home in Clinton for spring break. While out with her grandparents for Chinese food on her birthday Wednesday, she bought a $20 100X The Cash scratch-off ticket, the North Carolina Education Lottery says on its website.
"It was my first time ever buying a ticket," Ashley said."I thought the colors on the ticket looked pretty so I chose that one." Back at her grandparents' house, Ashley scratched the ticket. They were all at the table when she realized she won. "At first I kept it to myself because I didn't want to sound crazy," Ashley said."I was too excited to believe it was true. I kept looking at the numbers and reading the rules over and over again. I was too stunned to speak."The biology major, who plans to attend medical school, said she'll use the money for school and to help her grandparents.about how to improve your chances to win scratch-off lottery tickets.
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