Scratchie celebration

A KINGSCLIFF woman is making plans to help two close friends in need and treat herself to a holiday after winning $100,000 on a scratchie.

The woman thought she’d won $150 only to discover she’d actually got the top prize. She bought the $5 Crosswords Instant Scratch-Its from News at Kingscliff

“I scratched the ticket at home and thought I only had seven words, or $150. So I took it to the newsagent but they said it was a higher prize so I’d have to talk to NSW Lotteries.

“It’s then that I counted nine words and thought I’d won $10,000.

“So I sent my ticket off to claim the prize, but then someone from NSW Lotteries rang me to say, ‘ You didn’t win $10,000, you won the major prize of $100,000’.”