A 58-year-old Alpharetta woman heard she'd won a $20,000 lottery prize. But she wanted to hear it for herself.

“Then, we wound the DVR back just so we could see it,” Carol Strickland said. “I was very excited.”

The mother of two adult children and grandmother of two submitted her non-winning Georgia Lottery instant ticket for a chance to win a drawing. Her ticket for the "$3,000,000 Taxes Paid" game was selected in a drawing, lottery officials said.

Strickland said she plans to pay bills with the prize and have fun.