Canadian player splits jackpot with himself after buying two identical lottery tickets

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JoeBigLotto — Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:52:17 GMT

This is ok half is personal bank and retirement the other for party lol

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Bleudog101 — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:32:07 GMT

Another feel good story; twice as nice.

Congratulations fellow North American, you are truly Blessed Andrew.

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DELotteryPlyr — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:37:55 GMT

Or....maybe he was doing it on purpose so if he hit a lower prize he would double his win.

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welington — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 01:02:31 GMT

Nice win.Good news in this Pandemic. Enjoy your retirement Andrew Burke

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Ranett — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 23:33:16 GMT

Well done Andrew Burke.

Canadian player splits jackpot with himself after buying two identical lottery tickets

Lottery Post — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 22:08:59 GMT

An unintentional purchase turned out to be a happy accident

By Kate Northrop

A player from Alberta, Canada, accidentally purchased two Lotto 6/49 tickets that had the same exact numbers, but he's not sweating the trivial amount he spent on that extra ticket. Instead, he won the entire $5 million (US$3.8 million) jackpot, split into an identical pair of $2.5 million (US$1.9 million) jackpots.

Andrew Burke of Calmar mistakenly bought two matching lottery tickets for the Wed., Sept. 16 Lot... [ More ]