Teenager wins large cash prizes on lottery twice in one week

Winner: 19-year-old Rosa Dominguez plans to go shopping and buy a new car
California Lottery
Jessica Morgan11 July 2017

A California teenager got lucky by winning the lottery twice in the space of a week.

Rosa Dominguez, 19, won the top prize of $655,555 (£508,000) from a pair of $5 scratch cards she purchased at two separate petrol stations.

She told lottery officials: “I was so nervous I just wanted to cry”.

California Lottery said Ms Dominguez won the two big winners whilst making two separate trips.

She made a pit stop in Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County where she bought a lottery ticket, and won the jackpot of $555,000.

Just days later, Dominguez bought a $5 scratchcard at a petrol station in Monterey County and again scooped the top prize of $100,000, lottery officials said.

Ms Dominguez collected her winnings recently and told California Lottery she plans to go shopping and buy herself a new car.

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