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Man wins 2 separate $1M lottery prizes after accidentally buying extra ticket
MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES, JUL 21 – Paul Corcoran accidentally bought two tickets for the same Powerball drawing, winning two separate $1 million prizes before taxes, officials said.
- On July 9, Paul Corcoran, Fitchburg resident, bought two tickets for the Powerball drawing, landing a $2 million windfall, the Massachusetts Lottery said Tuesday.
- Earlier this year, Paul Corcoran bought a multi-draw ticket and, mistakenly believing it had expired, purchased another for the July 9 drawing, as Corcoran said.
- Both tickets matched the five white balls but not the red Powerball, and one was bought in Fitchburg while the other came from Leominster.
- On July 11, Corcoran claimed his prize at the Massachusetts State Lottery’s headquarters and told officials he felt `good` but had no spending plans.
- Powerball said eight Match 5 tickets won $1 million in the July 9 drawing, and as of July 17 the jackpot was $288 million cash value $130.6 million.
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The news has been circulating since July 9 in the U.S. media, including the Cbs, because telling the million-dollar winnings at the lottery is usual, even more so if, due to a lucky mistake, someone wins two million dollars. We are in Massachusetts where Paul Corcoran, resident in Fitchburg, bought two Powerball tickets with the same numbers. The reason? Corcoran said that he initially bought a ticket valid for seven Powerball draws, but that he…
He thought his lottery ticket had expired, so Paul Corcoran bought a second one with the same winning numbers: the most lucrative mistake of his life.
Due to an error, an American won not one, but two, million dollars in the Powerball lottery. Paul Corcoran of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, bought two single tickets for the Powerball drawing on Wednesday, July 9th. He initially bought a ticket for seven Powerball draws and mistakenly thought the final draw on that ticket had already taken place. As a result, he decided to buy a new ticket, which again included the July 9th draw. The numbers on the …
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