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ALBUQUERQUE - Sonia Crothers of Las Cruces plans to buy her own home after winning a $100,000 prize from the New Mexico Lottery.
"My dad told me this money is a blessing and that I need to use it wisely," Crothers, 29, told lottery officials Wednesday in Albuquerque.
Crothers won the last $100,000 prize in the lottery's $10 "Super Cash" Scratcher. She played the ticket Saturday night while watching a movie at her parents' home.
"At first, it looked like a $10 prize and then I saw more zeros," she recalled.
Crothers showed the ticket to her mother who confirmed the six-figure sum.
"We jumped so high that our heads nearly hit the ceiling," Crothers said.
The mother of two said it's been her dream to have her own home.
"I'm very excited for my kids to have their own bedrooms," she said. "I'm going shopping as soon as this check goes in the bank."
Crothers purchased her ticket at Chucky's No. 3, 6103 Porter Road in Las Cruces. Previously, the store has sold 10 other large prize-winning lottery tickets paying between $1,000 and $40,000.
