19-year-old wins the lottery twice in 1 week, proving life isn't fair

The teen won $655,555 on two scratch off tickets.
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Brian Koerber
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Winning the lottery is a stroke of luck few have the privilege of experiencing even once in their lives. This 19-year-old just did it twice. In one week.

California resident Rosa Dominguez was driving home from Arizona when she stopped at a gas station in Paso Roble, California where she bought a $5 Power 5 scratch off ticket.

A few scratches later, Dominguez won $555,555 -- the top prize for the ticket.

Testing her luck, Dominguez decided winning the lotto once just wasn't enough, so she bought a different $5 scratcher, this time from a local gas station in Greenfield. Again, she won the top prize -- a cool $100,000 -- on the ticket.

Dominguez revealed to the California Lottery what she would like to buy with her lucky winnings.

"She wants to go shopping and buy herself a new car," the lottery representatives wrote on its website.

How typical.

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Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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