According to a press statement from the North Carolina Lottery, Brenda Gomez Hernandez, a housekeeper from Concord who is 28 years old, gave birth to a baby girl on November 9.
Hernandez found out that she had won $100,000 in the Powerball drawing that day just hours later.
Hernandez stated in the press release, “I feel like she handed me my luck. “I’m extremely appreciative.”
won the lottery.
Her other children served as inspiration for Hernandez’s method of selecting her tickets, which involved choosing her numbers based on the birthdays of her boys, according to the press release. She purchased her winning ticket at a Concord QuikTrip gas station.
She admitted in the announcement that she sobbed when she learned the news. “I’m just ecstatic and joyful,”
According to the press announcement, the lucky winner received her prize on Wednesday, which was worth $65,015 after taxes. She informed the North Carolina Lottery that she will use a “substantial chunk” of her winnings to pay off her mortgage.