By Sarah Tate
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A North Carolina woman is still in shock after winning $2 million in the state lottery with a ticket she received as a gift.
Karen Urtecho Sandrez, of Charlotte, recently was gifted a scratch-off lottery ticket from a family friend. When it came time for her to scratch off the ticket, she discovered she won the $2 million jackpot, a moment she described as being "surreal," the
"I could not believe it, honestly," she said. "You read it and you don't believe it."
According to the newspaper, Urtecho Sandrez's friend bought the winning 100X the Cash ticket at Lucia Food Mart in Stanley for $20.