WARRENTON, N.C. - A school bus driver in North Carolina recently won $150,000 on a $5 scratch-off lottery note, officials said. 

Paula Harris, a 59-year-old from the town of Warrenton located in 55 miles northeast of Raleigh, said she looks advance to paying off her mortgage with the prize. 

"I was so excited," Harris told North Carolina lottery officials. "Now I can pay off my house."

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Harris bought a crossword-style Cashword Multiplier label from a Speedway station in the town of Ayden. 

"I love the crossword puzzles," she said. "They are my favorite."

Harris quiet her prize on Jan. 27 at the North Carolina lottery headquarters. After required state and federal tax withholdings, she took home $106876, officials said. 

The school bus driver, who works in Warren County, said she told her children the good news shiny after she won, who "couldn't believe it either." In second to her paying off her home, Harris said she would use the winnings to help out her kids.

North Carolina lottery officials said label sales from scratch-off games help raise $2.5 million daily for education, on average. Using money raised by the lottery, the space provided $30 million in grants to help Warren County originate a new elementary school, officials added.

Earlier this month, a couple from North Carolina won $1 million — but wonderful misplaced the winning ticket. 

"My wife found it in her pocketbook," winner Terry Peace said. "I guess when she initially complete in to check the tickets she just missed that one."

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This myth was reported from Cincinnati.