Luckiest man on the planet wins lottery twice at same supermarket
An incredibly lucky man has won his second lottery prize, taking home nearly $400,000 after winning $1 million six years ago.
Kevin Miller, of Montague, Massachusetts, bought his winning ticket at the same supermarket he bought his $1 million ticket in 2016, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery.
Miller recently won $25,000 a year for life in the lottery game ‘Lucky for Life,’ but opted to take a one-time payment of $390,000 before taxes, lottery officials said.
He won the multi-state lottery game after the first five numbers on his ‘Quic Pic’ ticket matched those that were selected during a February 18 drawing. Miller claimed his grand prize on July 20 at the Massachusetts Lottery headquarters.
Miller had previously won $1 million in the state’s ‘Cadillac Riches’ game six years ago.
Both of his winning tickets were purchased at Food City in Turners Falls. The store will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling Miller his most recent win.
It’s unclear how Miller plans to spend his most recent winnings.
On Friday, an Illinois resident joined Miller in his luck after taking home the Mega Millions jackpot of $1.28billion.
The lucky individual took home the entirety of the game’s second-largest jackpot ever, which continued to grow as no one was able to match the game’s six selected numbers over the course of three months.
The Speedway gas station in Des Plaines, which sold the winning ticket, will receive half a million dollars just for selling the lucky ticket.
‘We are thrilled to have witnessed one of the biggest jackpot wins in Mega Millions history,’ Ohio lottery director Pat McDonald said in a statement.
‘We’re eager to find out who won and look forward to congratulating the winner soon!’
The largest jackpot ever won in the US was a Powerball game in 2016, where winners in California, Florida and Tennessee split a whopping $1.586 billion.
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