Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A North Carolina woman who won a $532,234 lottery jackpot said she lost the ticket while moving, and her months-long search ended just before the ticket was set to expire. Ana Maya, 32, of Graham, told North Carolina Education Lottery officials she bought a Quick Pick ticket for the Sept. 6 Cash 5 drawing from Huff's Interstate in Burlington and learned she had won the jackpot while in the process of moving to a new home. Advertisement Maya said she started to panic when she was unpacking at her new residence and couldn't find the winning ticket. "These last couple of months have been very stressful trying to find it," Maya said. "I totally forgot where I put it." Maya said she finally found the ticket pressed between the pages of an old school notebook. "I was very, very relieved when I finally found it," Maya said. "That was the last place I would have looked." The winner found the ticket in time to collect her $532,234 jackpot before it would have expired March 6. Maya said her plans for the winnings include taking a vacation, paying bills, making investments and putting money aside for her two young children. Advertisement Read More Missouri Lottery player finds $5,000 prize was actually $50,000 Frustrated S.C. lottery player switches games, wins $30,000 Man picking up home renovation supplies wins $100,000 lottery prize
