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Ashton woman wins $200K on Idaho Lottery scratch game

Teresa Stone bought the winning ticket at a Maverik store in Rexburg.
Credit: Idaho Lottery
Teresa Stone and her husband

BOISE — Teresa Stone wore an embroidered T-shirt with the words “Believe” on it to the Idaho Lottery office in Boise to claim a $200,000 prize.

Stone, who is from Ashton, bought the winning Triple Golden Cherries scratch ticket from the Maverik at the corner of 1st North and 2nd South in Rexburg after work last Thursday.

“I bought a couple in the morning and neither of them won,” explained Stone on why she returned later in the day to the same store to try again. “I just believed one of the next couple of tickets would be a winner, so I went back after work and bought two more. The first won $25 and the second was this one!”

She immediately called her husband and the couple locked the ticket away in a fireproof gun safe until bringing it to Boise to cash it in.

“You gotta believe!” exclaimed Stone when she picked up her winning check.

She plans to pay off bills and support her family with her winnings.

For selling the winning ticket, Maverik received a $20,000 bonus from the Idaho Lottery.

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