Dreams of winning a Mega Millions jackpot led Anne Hall of Wilmington to a $100,000 lottery prize.

Her good fortune happened Tuesday night when she stopped by the Circle K on Gordon Road in Wilmington to get a Mega Millions ticket. While there, she decided to get a Big Money Playbook and some crossword scratch-off tickets.

“I like the games that take longer to play,” Hall said. “I have more fun with them.”

She took the tickets home. After she scratched the crosswords, she decided to call it a night.

“I went to bed but I had trouble sleeping,” Hall said. “Then I remembered I still had the playbook.”

She got up and started scratching.

“At first I thought I only won $100,” Hall said. “When I got my glasses and looked at it again, I saw the extra zeros. I just couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t go back to sleep after that.”

Hall claimed the prize Thursday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required state and federal tax withholdings, she took home $70,756. She plans to use the money for a down payment on a new house.

The $20 ticket launched in December with three top prizes of $1 million and four $100,000 prizes. Two $1 million prizes remain.

Ticket sales from games like the Big Money Playbook make it possible for the lottery to raise more than $650 million a year for education. For details on how $11.5 million in lottery funds made a difference in New Hanover County last year, click on the “Impact” section of the lottery’s website.