A woman who won USD 50,000 on her sixth lotto scratchcard has told how she only bought it because it was the last one left in the vending machine.

Denise McIntosh – from Baltimore, Maryland State, USA – had bought five losing cards in a row from a self-service machine.

But when she saw there was just one left, she snapped it up – and realised she had won a massive prize.

Nursing home worker Denise explained in a statement obtained by Newsflash on 6th February: “I thought, ‘Let me buy that last one’.”

She added: “I scratched it while walking out of the store and then I scanned it on my phone. I said, ‘I think I’m going to cry!’.”

She was stunned when she realised that she had just won USD 50,000 (GBP 41,732).

Lucky Denise told how she could not sleep that night because she was worried about having a valuable ticket in her house.

A few days later, she rushed to the Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore and collected her prize, which she said was life-changing.

She revealed that she first plans to use some of the money and pay off some bills.

The lottery added that the Walmart retailer who sold the ticket received a USD 500 (GBP 417) bonus for selling a top-prize winning scratch-off.