A Charlotte woman won $200,000 after purchasing a $5 dollar scratch-off ticket on a whim.

Lottery officials said Melissa Corano-Juarez bought her Ice scratch-off at the Raceway Amoco on Lyles Lane in Concord. “I was thinking maybe I was going to win $50, $100,” she said.

When she got home and checked the ticket, she found a much bigger prize. “I just scratched it off and it said $200,000, so I was just in complete shock,” she said, “I just started shaking and I was really happy.”

She said the big win also shocked her family. “I told them and they thought I was playing around until I showed them the actual ticket,” she said.

Corano-Juarez visited lottery headquarters in Raleigh Wednesday to collect her prize and, after required state and federal tax withholdings, took home $142,501. She plans to put the money in savings.

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