A Kentucky college student was stunned to discover she had won thousands of dollars from a $5 lottery scratch-off.
Bella Sears, who attends college in Lexington, bought a $5 Mega Super Hot 7’s ticket at the Murphy USA on Letton Drive in Paris, Kentucky.
“I couldn’t wait to get back to work. I always scratch my tickets in the car,” she said. “I started scratching and then I think it was the fifth number, and it was a seven. I was like I’m just going to scratch off the prize amount and it’s only going to be $5.”
Instead, Sears had actually won the game’s second top prize of $7,777.
“When I saw that, I was like this has got to be a prank, this is a joke, this is not real,” she said.
When she called her father, she was already crying.
“I thought she had wrecked her car by the way she was carrying on,” he told Kentucky Lottery officials.
Sears shared the news with her mom and coworkers next.
“They all thought I was lying. The girls at work said they never win,” she said.
After taxes, Sears received a check for $5,599.44. She plans to use part of the money to help pay for college.
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