Massachusetts man wins double $1 million Powerball lottery prizes in one drawing

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rcbbuckeye — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:28:15 GMT

I have done that myself in the past.

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GiveFive — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:25:58 GMT

What happened to this guy was a fluke... A lottery fluke as I call them.

Lottery flukes happen more often that most players realize. How many times have you read about a big winner that a clerk sold him/her a ticket that the player didn't ask for or even want?

I should have pointed out in my post above that the reason why I'm playing for a second place PB win and not a jackpot is this - the odds of matching the first 5 numbers are 1 in 11 million whereas to win a PB jackpot by matching... [ More ]

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GiveFive — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:43:49 GMT

I loved this story when I first read about it because this very lucky guy accidentally did what I've been trying to do intentionally for the last five years.

In the past I've bought a ticket for one drawing (with the Power Play added) with the first five numbers on each line being exactly same. I'm not trying to win the jackpot. Rather I'm trying win a 2 million dollar second place prize five times by matching the first five numbers with each line on the ticket. It's possible for me to win... [ More ]

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noise-gate — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 23:41:35 GMT

* l love miscalculations that work.

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ShagE3 — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 20:17:46 GMT

I think I'll go prepare myself a liverwurst sandwich with ......

Or maybe olive loaf ?

The Shagster

ShagE3

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billybucks — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 14:14:49 GMT

Many do this but not with Mega Millions or Power Ball. Mostly Cash 5 or Daily Numbers draws. You buy 2 or 3 lines for 3 days in advance. On the 3rd day you buy it again thus creating an overlap for that third day so if you happen to hit it then you win double the prize.

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EnReval — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 13:08:31 GMT

Why can't this happen to me, I did this several times geesh but congrats

Massachusetts man wins double $1 million Powerball lottery prizes in one drawing

Lottery Post — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 11:09:35 GMT

Better to be safe than sorry honest mistake leads to two separate wins

By Kate Northrop

A slight mix-up led to one Massachusetts man winning two $1 million Powerball lottery prizes in a single drawing.

Winning $1 million in the lottery alone would have been just swell, but a Massachusetts resident ended up walking away with two identical $1 million prizes thanks to a small miscalculation.

Paul Corcoran of Fitchburg is thankful for playing it safe when he purchased his Powerball t... [ More ]