Yevonda Frachiseur, an avid Arkansas lottery player, has a simple yet reliable strategy — keep playing the same numbers “over and over again.”
Even still, the Fort Smith woman was blown away to learn she had won the Jan. 31 Natural State Jackpot drawing, Arkansas Scholarship Lottery said in a Feb. 7 news release.
“No way,” Frachiseur thought while checking the winning numbers, she told lottery officials. “I’m looking at this wrong.”
She wasn’t the only one in disbelief about her $130,000 win.
Frachiseur called her children, who all “thought she was mistaken,” officials said.
The winning numbers, 1, 11, 14, 15 and 39, were all inspired by Frachiseur’s previous winning Quick Pick ticket, lottery officials say.
Before this big win, lottery officials said Frachiseur also won $300 playing the same numbers in a Jan. 29 drawing.
Frachiseur plans to use her winnings to do some repairs around the house, officials said.
While “an extravagant vacation” isn’t in the books, Frachiseur told lottery officials it will be contingent on another big lottery win.