A WOMAN has been dubbed the 鈥榳orld's luckiest woman鈥?after winning a whopping 拢123,500 with her first ever lottery ticket.

Rebecca Powell made a spur of the moment decision to buy a 拢3.37 ticket to enter the Power Play on Saturday, January 7, before bagging the huge 拢123k prize.

The lucky winner, from North Carolina, USA, checked her results hours after the draw had closed, and was shocked to see that she had won 鈥榓 fortune鈥?

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The ticket matched numbers on four white balls and the red Powerball to win 拢41,100 but Rebecca's prize tripled after the 3X Power Play multiplier hit.

Rebecca, 48, told the North Carolina Education Lottery: 鈥淚 thought I鈥檇 just give it a try. The lady at the store told me, 鈥榶ou truly have beginner's luck鈥?

"It's like a dream. Except I haven't been able to sleep.

"When they did the Powerball drawing, I was looking at the numbers and then I screamed at my husband. I said, 'Oh my God we won.'"

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Rebecca plans to splash the cash on a new car and invest what is left in a new home after taking home a total of 拢87,890 after taxes.

Another North Carolina woman, Ronda Isaac, also won the same prize on the same day.

She said: 鈥淚 never would ever think I would win something like this. I鈥檓 going to make this count鈥?

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This comes after a woman from British Columbia, Canada, won 拢3 million in the December 21 Classic Jackpot draw, after originally believing she had only won 拢3,000.

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Geraldine Ettinger had only popped into her local shop to buy the ticket to avoid the icy weather and was blown away after scooping a mega jackpot.

The lucky lady had no idea that she had bagged a much larger prize than the 拢3,000 until an excited shop worker broke the news.

Geraldine told British Columbia Lottery Corporation officials: "It鈥檚 unbelievable. I feel very blessed and grateful.

"My new year鈥檚 resolution was to have more fun than last year and I think I will be able to achieve that now!"

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