RALEIGH – Wanda Ruiz Padilla, a factory worker from Arden, plans to use the $200,000 she won playing the Power 7’s scratch-off game to fix up her mother’s home, pay bills and take her first vacation in six years.

“I saw the black seven, and I knew that I won something,” said Ruiz Padilla, who scratched off the lucky ticket at home Tuesday night. “I kept seeing zero, zero, zero. I was in shock. I had to look at that ticket 10 to 15 times to make sure that I wasn’t dreaming.”

Ruiz Padilla bought her ticket earlier in the day from the Market Center at 3094 Sweeten Creek Road in Asheville.

The Power 7’s scratch-off debuted in January. Ruiz Padilla previously won $60 and $80 in the game. Just recently, she told her coworker, “I’m going to hit it big.”

The big win means Ruiz Padilla can pay off all of her bills and fix up her 72-year-old mother’s home, something she has wanted to do for nearly a decade. She also hopes to take a few trips and possibly get a better car.

“I want to see what it’s like to travel again,” she said. “I’m going to take me a good vacation. I haven’t done that in a while. I’ve always wanted to go to Hawaii.”

After taxes were withheld, Ruiz Padilla received a check for $136,001.

The Power 7’s game launched with six top prizes. As of Wednesday afternoon, one $200,000 prize remains.

Since the lottery began through June 30, 2012, Buncombe County education programs received more than $40.5 million in lottery funds. By law, those funds pay for teachers’ salaries in grades K-3, school construction, prekindergarten programs for at-risk four-year-olds, and need-based college scholarships and financial aid. To date, the lottery has raised more than $2.8 billion for these initiatives statewide.