Fortune came twice for a retired utility worker in Maryland, USA after it was revealed that he had won a $2 million lottery prize for the second time.
The unidentified 65-yr-old bought two $ 2,000,000 scratch cards while shopping at a local petrol station in North Salisbury, according to the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency.
He won a $100 prize for his first ticket. But his second post revealed a $2 million jackpot.
The retiree won the prize sometime during the Covid-19 lockdown but hid his ticket in a home safe and waited days before the final date to claim his prize, Maryland Lottery officials said.
“I was just a bit nervous,” the lottery winner said in a statement. “I worried that I could have a fire (at home) that would burn it up, that the ticket’s expiration date might come up and even had just a bit of doubt that it was really real.”, reports NBC.
The same man won his first $2 million scratch off prize a few years ago and used that money to fund his retirement and take his family on holiday, lottery officials said.
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