• She paid just $1 for a lottery ticket to win the jackpot
• Her sister advised her to stick with the same numbers for six years

An American woman from North Carolina won a huge $154,168 prize after playing the same lottery numbers for six years

Barbara Munford said she had been using the same set of numbers in the lottery for six years, and her sister encouraged her to keep playing them, assuring her that luck would eventually be on her side

That prediction came true when she bought a $1 ticket from a store on Legion Road and won $154,168

Munford expressed her overwhelming joy, saying, "When I saw the winning numbers, I felt both shock and happiness at the same time, and I started crying in the living room

She explained that she will use her winnings to pay bills