Picture this, you are waiting for your car to be repaired and you know that this means that it can be the type of process that takes a couple of hours if not more, and you are there practically staring at the ceiling doing nothing well you need to figure out to do something to maintain yourself entertained!

That’s just what one Washington, DC resident was thinking while she waited for her mechanic. The 75-year-old decided the perfect thing to break the monotony was a Wild 10s scratch-off. When the scratch ticket revealed the prize of $100,000, she decided car repairs could wait, claiming the prize was simply more important. US lottery

That day, the retired Federal worker was with her daughter and she asked her daughter to pick out a scratch-off for her while they waited for their usual mechanic. A regular scratcher, her daughter picked out a new ticket which she thought was quite interesting and it was the first one that caught her eye.

When they scratched the ticket they could not believe when a “Wild” symbol appeared, meaning she won 10 times the printed $10,000 prize, a total of $100,000. “I could hardly believe it. I felt so good,” said the woman.

This lucky lady knows exactly what to do with her newfound wealth, she plans to give a portion of her winnings to her family. “I love my family dearly and have always put them first. I want to give some of the winnings to them,” she said.  As to what else will she do with the money left after taking care of her family, she plans to have it in the bank.  She is not planning anything flashy or extravagant.  “I just want to know that I have it – I still have to get my brakes done,” she said.

This time she might recur to the same trick, after all she will still have to wait for the mechanic anyways while her brakes are done. The winning ticket was purchased at Pete’s Liquor Fair on Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie.