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Amanda Sawyer of Pantego stopped to try her luck on a new “7” scratch-off ticket and wound up finding “the lucky one” that won her a $200,000 prize, according to a press release from the North Carolina Education Lottery.

“It’s just still sinking in,” she said. “I still don’t believe it.”

Sawyer purchased her winning $5 ticket from the Waterfront Mini Mart on Park Drive in Washington.

She decided to scratch her ticket while having lunch with her mother and a few other family members

“I was just like, ‘Oh my God, oh my God,’” she recalled.

She claimed her prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh and took home $141,501 after required federal and state tax withholdings.

“My husband has been wanting to retire, so this will help,” said Sawyer.

The new “7” game launched this month with six top prizes of $200,000. Four top prizes remain to be won.

For details on how money raised by the lottery made an impact in North Carolina last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.

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