Woman becomes two-time lottery winner as she claims $250,000 just months after first big win

Mere months after winning a $50,000 top prize from a lottery scratch-off game, a Washington, D.C. , woman won another top prize from a different scratch-off game — this one worth $250,000.

Sherri Fowler's first prize came from the DC Lottery's Win it All, which she won in February. Then, she decided to take a chance and purchased a Nothing But Cash card. Both paid off big time, and she's now $300,000 richer.

The first winning scratch-off card was purchased from a liquor store, while the second was sold at a gas station just a block away. Columbia Heights is a neighborhood in the capital located less than 2 miles from downtown.

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"I was at the store and started screaming," Sherri told the DC Lottery , describing how she scratched off the card while still in the store. "I couldn't believe it," she added, saying that she asked her kids to verify that she had won.

With the new money, she said she's going to purchase a car. As with any winning ticket purchases, the stores that sold the cards got bonuses after Fowler won, but it wasn't immediately clear how much the stores received.

It also wasn't immediately clear what kind of car Fowler was set on purchasing — but with a cool $300,000 in her pocket, the options are nearly limitless.

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According to the DC Lottery's website, the corporation generates a significant amount of revenue for the capital. It was created in 1982 and has since awarded over $4.6 billion in prizes, the website states.

Much of the money it generates is given to charities or to other causes or organizations — for example, about $2.3 billion was given to the General Fund, which helps to support what the lottery called "essential services" in D.C. It's also given out $489 million to retailers that sell lottery tickets and has raised over $137.3 million for charities, its website states.

Fowler's win comes weeks after a South Carolina man took a chance and followed a "gut feeling," purchasing a $10 ticket from a local store that ended up cinching him $300,000.

The man, who has not been identified, decided to grab the ticket "sticking out the furthest," according to the South Carolina Education Lottery, and it ended up paying off.