North Carolina Woman Can’t Believe ‘Second Chance’ Lottery Win

This is the kind of news that may make me change my mind and method of playing the lottery.  Edgecombe County, North Carolina's Sandra Culifer put her ticket from the "Multiply the Cash" game into a second-chance drawing.  Stop right there.

At this point if you're like me, you're saying, "Uh-uh.  You got my money on this turd of a ticket once, you're not getting it again."  Sandra has a different philosophy.  She does this pretty much every time.  And this time it paid off to the tune of $200,000 from The North Carolina Education Lottery.

Culifer told lottery officials, “It’s one of those dreams you have but never really think is going to happen,” Culifer said. “And now the dream came true.”

I'll say.  After taxes Sandra took home more than $142,000 that will go to paying off some bills and sharing with family.

Now, if you do play the second chance here's the part that would throw me off.  After she entered the process on June 7th, she received an email telling her of her win.  With so much scam and spam out there in the email sphere, I probably would have deleted it without opening.  You too, right?  So keep in mind, no one ever wins a second chance lottery by clicking, "delete."

According to the Raleigh News & Observer, Sandra told the lottery, “I glanced at the email and saw it came from lottery and I said, ‘Wait a minute. This says I won, I had to go find out if it was real.”

Congrats to Sandra Culifer on her 'Second Chance' lottery win.  Jealous am I.

What would you do if you won big in the lottery? I know the shock may surprise us all and put us in a daze for a second, but at some point, we've got to spend the money. So, what are we buying first? Well, let's start with finding a way to win the big prize first.

Lotto Edge is naming the top South Carolina lottery scratch-offs that you could play. Scratch-offs are some of the people's favorites to play throughout the years. Nice and quick and either you win or you don't but you find out pretty instantly. How do you pick which scratch-offs you play? Each scratch-off has its different odds of winning and it's good to know those odds to be able to help better your chances to win. Check out what Lotte Edge is naming as the top South Carolina lottery scratch-offs. Here are 6 out of the 10 that have the best overall odds of winning. Check out the full list here and see which other scratch-offs aren't listed below.

The 100X scratch-off is coming in at No. 6. The ticket costs about $1 each for you to be able to purchase to play. Your overall odds of winning are about 1 in 3.48. Not so bad, right? Win possibly $300,000 or more when playing this infamous scratch-off game in South Carolina. What would be the first thing you would purchase with that kind of grand prize?

Why not play King's Ransom up next? With King's Ransom, you have a possibility with a 1 in 3.47 odds of winning this lottery game. The ticket costs only $10 so talk about profit margin if you win big with this scratch off. Might as well give it a try.

Come on, $500,000 sounds like a good time! If you play the $500,000 Multiplier Money then you could really win big with this one. Only costing you $10 per ticket, you have the chance to win with a 1 in 3.44 odds of winning.

Coming in at No. 3 is another famous one that people love to play. The Mighty Jumbo Bucks scratch off is one of those ones that people love. Only $10 per ticket, you have the possibility to profit pretty BIG. You will have a 1 in 3.40 odds in winning this grand prize.

The prizes are getting bigger and the odds are getting better. Spend just $10 and you have the chance to be a million-dollar winner. Now, a million dollars can really do some crazy things to your life. With a 1 in 3.23 chance of winning, a million dollars could be yours!

Now, if you thought a million was a great time then what about $2 million? That's right, the Fastest Road to $2 million scratch off is the number one spot. With a 1 in 3.06 overall odds in winning, this could be the best chance for you to win big. It's the #1 scratch off for South Carolina.