Doris Rabik was tickled pink.
Watching the Powerball numbers roll across her TV screen Saturday, it looked as if she had four of the five numbers - worth $400! - on the ticket she bought at a Murrells Inlet Scotchman.
"I went on to bed because I thought I only had four numbers," she said.
The next day, she pulled the ticket out again. Rabik, who lives in a public housing complex in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, didn't just have four matching numbers.
She had all five - worth $500,000.
"It really didn't sink in at first, but it's getting to me now," the 74-year-old Air Force retiree said Thursday. "This is God's work. I never dreamed in a million years I'd win this kind of money."
After taxes, the half-million dollars became $330,000. She picked up the check Monday in Columbia and put it in the bank.
Besides investing a bit and paying off bills, she's not sure what to do with it.
She's sure of one thing, though. The money is a blessing.
"She's had a rough couple of years, and I think God has answered her prayers," said her daughter, Susan Burdette of Garden City Beach.
Nice dog!/hope they both enjoy the winnings!
Make no bones about it!/Kibbles & greeens!
I wonder if she is single? The little old lady!
wonder how she picked her numbers????