New York man scoops up two $1 million Mega Millions lottery prizes

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dickblow — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 14:26:30 GMT

I can't even win once

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mightwin1 — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 09:59:58 GMT

Looks like that may have happened last night in California for Mega....the same retailer sold two winning jackpot tickets...

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KY Floyd — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 07:15:45 GMT

why not play the megaplier?

The megaplier only increases the winnings of non-jackpot prizes, if you happen to win them. Spending that 4th $1 doubles your chances of winning the jackpot as well as any of the other n +1 prizes, and doubles any of the n +0 prizes (if you play the same 5 numbers).

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billybucks — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 22:10:27 GMT

No, he had 4.00 in his hand and bought two sets of the same five with two different PB's. Common play actually. The fact that they offer the multiplier makes me wonder if it is viable over a long period of play.

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Artist77 — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:59:25 GMT

I agree 110% about spending that extra dollar for the multiplier.

I am assuming these tickets were not qps? If a store lottery random generator spit out the same 5 numbers twice, that is a story.

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billybucks — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 03:58:14 GMT

Why did he sit on those tickets so long is the story.

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SAJAN123456 — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 03:55:01 GMT

CONGRATULATIONS

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Long Odds — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 21:40:20 GMT

November 11, 2022, Megaplier was 3x. If you love your set of five numbers but are less certain of the megaball and decide to play them more than once, why not play the megaplier? $4 got him $2,000,000; $3 would've got him $3,000,000. Congratulations.

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Bleudog101 — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 18:06:18 GMT

That is a nail biter for sure. Imagine sitting on those tickets that long?

Strange that Puerto Rico still only sells Powerball and not MM.

New York man scoops up two $1 million Mega Millions lottery prizes

Lottery Post — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:57:15 GMT

Winner takes nearly a year to claim prizes

By Kate Northrop

A New York man defied the odds by winning a $1 million Mega Millions prize in the lottery twice.

Marco Accardo of West Hempstead claimed not one, but two $1 million Mega Millions prizes from a drawing that took place over an entire year ago.

It was starting to look like a nailbiter Accardo had taken nearly a full year to come forward to claim the prizes from a drawing that took place last year on Nov. 1, 2022. Lottery wi... [ More ]