North Carolina woman won $100k prize in NC lottery game

A woman in North Carolina will finally have the chance to get a place of her own after a craving for a snack led to a big lottery prize.

"I wasn't even supposed to be at that store," said Marcia Finney, of Shelby.

Finney went to her normal convenience store to buy some gas a potato chips, but after learning they were closed, was forced to go to another store up the road.

Whether an act of divine intervention, a push from the universe, or just an odd occurrence ended up bringing her good luck when she purchased a $25 Spectacular Riches scratch-off ticket from Mike's Food store on Earl Road, according to a release from the NC Education Lottery.

She scratched the ticket to reveal she was the lucky winner of a $100,000 prize, a sight she couldn't believe at first.

"When I saw all those zeroes, I had to wipe my eyes and look again," she said. "I kept saying, 'This is not real, it's not real.'"