A LUCKY pensioner collecting a huge lottery prize was gobsmacked when she bought a scratchcard and scooped an even bigger jackpot.
The 70-year-old from Newark, Delaware, bought two instant game tickets from a petrol station and was stunned when she found out she had won $100,000.
She said it was her biggest win since she started playing Delaware Lottery seven years ago.
Along with a pal, she went to collect her winnings from the Lottery Headquarters in Dover.
To celebrate, the woman bought herself three more scratchcards from a shop.
But to her delight, she uncovered an even bigger jackpot of $300,000 – bringing her incredible winnings to $400,000.
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She said: "My best friend was the first person I told about winning the $100,000 top prize, and she came with me to claim it.
"When I scratched the $300,000 winning serious money ticket later in the day, we just sat there in disbelief.
"It was absolute insanity.”
The pair returned to the headquarters on October 20 to claim the second windfall.
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She said she plans to put most of the cash in her retirement fund.
It comes after a lottery winner who picked up £630,000 was left shocked when he scooped the same prize a year later.
Antoine Beaini was happy enough when he won Canada’s Maxmillion LOTTO MAXprize for the first time, back in August 2021.
But after buying another ticket, Antoine could barely believe his eyes when he checked his numbers – and found won the same prize again.
“I couldn’t believe it. I thought ‘Again?’,” said Antoine, from the town of Milton in Ontario.
“It was more shocking than the first win. I told my wife, and she was very happy!”
Meanwhile, another Canadian won the lotto twice in five months and bought both scratchcards from the same shop.
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James Courtemanche, 43, also from Ontario, can't believe his luck after scooping over £110,000 in cash from two tickets bought the Minnow Lake Kwik Way in Sudbury.
He was left gobsmacked to score a sweet £51,883 in 2021 – only to win a second sum totalling £58,369 this year.
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