RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Zebulon woman got excited when her scratch-off ticket won a big prize.

Julie Barham lay on her bed scratching a $5 lottery ticket when all of a sudden she saw she won the first $150,000 top prize in a new holiday game.

"I just started screaming," she said. "I was so excited."

She said her screams immediately got the attention of her children.

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"My kids came running up the stairs," Barham said. "They started jumping up and down when they found out."

She bought her lucky Peppermint Payout ticket from Archer Lodge Express on Buffalo Road in Archer Lodge. Barham said she liked the new scratch-and-sniff feature of the Peppermint Payout game.

"I was like, 'Gosh, this smells like pepper

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