Mebane woman wins Lucky for Life lottery prize worth $500k

MEBANE: Mebane woman is the lucky winner of some life-changing money.

“It was almost like an out-of-body experience,” said Rhonda Villasenor.

She describes her reaction after discovering her winning Lucky for Life ticket.

"I was screaming so much I was freaking my dogs out, they must have thought something was wrong with me,” Villasenor recalled.

The 50-year-old matched all five white balls in Monday’s drawing to win her prize, she bought her lucky $2 ticket using online play.

“When I saw it was $500,00, I was literally stunned,” said Villasenor.

She collected her winnings on Tuesday and had the choice of either receiving $25,000 a year for the rest of her life or a lump-sum amount of $390,000. Villasenor chose the lump sum and walked away with $276,943 after tax withholdings.

Villasenor says she wants to use the money to build a pool and go on vacation. She also owns a concrete business and says she has ideas for new ones that this money will help her fund.