This was a big week of wins for three people playing games from the Arkansans  Scholarship Lottery. Two people were instant game winners and one was a Play It Again® winner. 

The winning week in Arkansas started with a scratch-off ticket.

ASL
Arkansas Scholarship Lottery
loading...

P. Lewis of Little Rock won a $300,000 lottery prize playing the $10 Big X instant game. Lewis claimed her prize on Monday, March 11.

She said in a press release she was on her way home from church when she felt,

Something just said stop and buy a ticket

 

A hand scratching an instant lottery with coins.
hyejin kang
loading...

 

She stopped at Ziya & Zayn 786 LLC on 5105 W. 65th St. in Little Rock and bought three Big X tickets and got in her car to scratch them off. There was no win on the first two tickets but on the last row of her third ticket, she won the top prize of  $300,000.

Lewis plans on purchasing a house and a new vehicle with the money and help care for her granddaughter.

ASL
Arkansas Scholarship Lottery
loading...

The second big winner was R. Penaloza of Stuttgart, winning $200,000 with the $10 Jumbo Bucks Extra instant game. She claimed her prize on Monday, March 11 too.

The winning ticket was purchased at Stuttgart Kwik Mart Inc. on 195 S. Park Ave. in Stuttgart.

Nitiphonphat
Nitiphonphat
loading...

Penaloza scratched off her winning ticket at home with her husband. She even asked him to confirm what she was seeing.  She told the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery office,

I cried, and he cried. I just couldn’t believe it.

She plans to buy a new home with her prize money.

One more top prize remains in the Jumbo Bucks Extra instant game.

Arkansas Scholarship Lottery
Arkansas Scholarship Lottery
loading...

Winner number three, V. Grandy of Pine Bluff.  She won $250,000 in the February 29 Play It Again drawing. Her win came from the $5 Ultimate 7’s ticket, and she claimed her prize on March 12.

Grandy didn't realize she won until the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery official called her to let her know. She had received notifications that she won but she thought it was a scam. Lucky for her it wasn't.

She said in a press release,

It’s just hard to believe. This is more money than I ever had, even working two jobs.

Grady is going to use the money to pay some bills and help her children.

US Currency
Ingram Publishing
loading...

With the Play it Again drawing you can play by being in the 'Club' which gives players the opportunity to earn points and get into the drawing by submitting their non-winning tickets. You can find out more at MyArkansasLottery.com.

Good Time Oldies 107.5 logo
Get our free mobile app

LOOK: The largest lottery jackpots in US history

Stacker compiled a list of the 15 largest lottery jackpots in U.S. history from news reports and lottery press releases. [This list is current as of July 25, 2023.]

Gallery Credit: Chandler Friedman

LOOK: What are the odds that these 50 totally random events will happen to you?

Stacker took the guesswork out of 50 random events to determine just how likely they are to actually happen. They sourced their information from government statistics, scientific articles, and other primary documents. Keep reading to find out why expectant parents shouldn't count on due dates -- and why you should be more worried about dying on your birthday than living to 100 years old.

Gallery Credit: Isabel Sepulveda