The luckiest woman in Magic Valley — or the world, for that matter — lives down a bumpy, gravel road in rural Kimberly.

And just like ever player of the Idaho Lottery, Cindy Ragains dreamt one thing: win the big prize, just one time.

Yet, this 56-year-old lady managed to do it twice, and then some. National lottery

Just in 2011, Ragains won $250,000 on two separate occasions, $5,000 three times and $600 on 23 different times.

It all started in February when Ragains won the quarter-million top prize in Idaho Millions after buying a ticket at an Oasis Stop ’N Go in Twin Falls. There were six top prizes, each with one shot in 175,000 of winning.

“I guess it was just my turn to win,” Ragains said, “my time.”

And the timing couldn’t have been better for another incredible turn of events. Lottery numbers

In her everyday life, Ragains is guardian of three individuals, two disabled adults: her sister, Jerri Snow, 54, who has epilepsy, and her son, Sonny Ragains, 40, who has cerebral palsy and is deaf. She also takes care of her grandson and Izeak, 17. For this, she receives $53.39 a day from the state for each.

So, this money was a huge help for her.

But Cindy Ragains plays the lottery frequently, even obsessively.

If she drives past three gas stations on her way home, she’s likely to stop at all three to buy lottery tickets.

So, on Dec. 21, Ragains bought five $20 scratch tickets and walked out to her 2002 Excursion, which she’d paid off with February’s $250,000 prize, to scratch the tickets.

She scratched one of the tickets and saw the zeroes: $250,000 had happened again.

An even when winners must go to Idaho Lottery headquarters in Boise. Last year alone, Ragains won so many times that the office just started sending Ragains’ checks in the mail.

“I was getting tired of driving to Boise for a $600 one,” Ragains said.

But this time, the trip was really worth it, she had won $250,000, she had won one of two top prizes in the Mega Fortune game. The odds: one in 185,000.

Many people keep stacks of birthday cards. Ragains has printed copies of her $600 winning tickets.

“This one is Dec. 18, this one is Nov. 15, Nov. 19, Nov. 11 — I have quite a few in November — Nov. 6, Nov. 4,”she said, starting to laugh while flipping through them last week, “umm, Nov. 1.”

Combine one in 175,000 with one in 185,000, and then consider that Idaho Lottery tickets are sold in about 1,000 retail outlets.

“I think it’s crazy,” said Izeak. “I told her to stop buying tickets the first time because she’s not going to win again — and then she won again.”

He wishes she’d slow down her ticket-buying now. He watches her spend hundreds of dollars at a time.

“She buys so many of them,” he said. “That’s where a lot of the money goes.”

“It’s very, very nice,” she said. “I don’t have to worry about not having enough money for a gallon of milk. And my grandson drinks four gallons a week.”

Not much has changed in Ragains’ life. She cares daily for her son and sister, taking them to school and appointments.

“She’s really good with them,” said Izeak, who attends the College of Southern Idaho. “She stays home with them all the time. She knows what they need and how to help them the most.”

With some of her winnings, Ragains has spruced up her humble house in Kimberly with new windows, roof and siding, and she plans to install fresh carpet.