US Man Accidentally Buys 3 Lottery Tickets For Same Game, Ends Up Winning All
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His winning numbers were based on his wife's birthday, the 5-1-3-5-9 number gifted him a jackpot.
A 67-year-old man from Maryland, US won $150,000 in the lottery. He accidentally purchased 3 identical tickets and ended up winning all of them on September 22. According to a report, the man was preparing for major surgery and became 'three-time lucky.'
In an interview with the Sun, he said, "The one time that I accidentally buy three tickets, the number hits three times. It was unbelievable," the man who nicknamed himself Local 24 IBEW after his electrician's union in order to speak anonymously about his big win.
His winning numbers were based on his wife's birthday, the 5-1-3-5-9 number gifted him a jackpot. The man revealed that he forgot that he purchased midday and evening tickets for the Pick 5 game and his wife unknowingly bought another later in the day.
When the elderly couple figured that they have purchased so many tickets, they cribbed about wasting money not knowing what luck has in store for them. The couple won a total of a whopping $150,000 (approximately Rs 1,22,82,030).
