So apparently, the secret to winning $100,000 isn’t insider tips, statistical analysis, or divine intervention. Nope — it’s just believing really hard that the universe owes you.

Meet Audrey Peele from Wilmington, North Carolina. She’s been walking around for years with this unwavering conviction that one day, the lottery spirits would smile upon her. And, shocker — they actually did.

Audrey strolls into a Scotchman convenience store (because where else would destiny hang out?) looking for new scratch-off tickets. She grabs a $20 “Ruby Red 7’s” card, because nothing says “manifesting abundance” like blowing a twenty on a game with 1-in-3.45 odds.

Fast forward a few scratches later… BAM. $100,000. That’s five digits worth of “holy crap” staring back at her.

She calls her wife to share the good news. Wife doesn’t believe her. Why? Because Audrey’s the type to joke about stuff like this — which is exactly the kind of karma you’d expect from a woman who “manifested” a jackpot.

She heads to Raleigh the next day, collects a tidy $71,756 after taxes, and plans to pay off her car. Which, honestly, is a far better life choice than the usual “I bought a speedboat and a jet ski” lottery story.

Fun fact: Audrey’s win was the first $100K second-tier prize in the Ruby Red 7’s game. There are still three $2 million top prizes floating around out there, along with a bunch of $10K ones. So yes, the universe might still be in a giving mood — but only if you buy a ticket.

Moral of the story? Positive thinking might not fix your career, your love life, or your doomscrolling habit. But every now and then, it might buy you a new car… and the smug satisfaction of telling the doubters, “I told you so.”