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"It was one of my girlfriend's favorite numbers on the ticket, so I thought, 'Okay. Why not?'" she said.
Poplin said she and her girlfriend did some shopping before returning to her vehicle and scratching off the $100,000 top prize.
"I made her look at it to make sure I wasn't crazy and that I'd done everything right," Poplin said. "She said, 'Yeah -- this is a winner!'"
Poplin said the winnings come at a fortuitous time -- her car was damaged in a collision just one week before she bought the ticket.
"I just thought it was a miracle," she said. "I'm still in disbelief."