LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Two Arkansans are now celebrating the big wins that they got from playing with a recently launched $10 instant ticket.

Carlena Buerkle of Almyra won $10,000 while playing $10,000 Winnings. The winning ticket was sold at the Stuttgart C-Stop in Stuttgart, Arkansas, and she claimed her prize at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Claim Center late last week.

She was very excited to learn that she was a winner.

"I was just over the moon," Buerkle told lottery officials. "My first thought was, wow!"

Buerkle shared that she is a long-time lottery player and buying a new instant ticket is part of her regular grocery routine.

That same day, a Rogers man also claimed a $10,000 prize while playing $10,000 Winnings.

Jerry Frinzell Jr. bought his winning ticket at a Walmart Fue

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