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Man accidentally buys a second lottery ticket - and wins two million dollars

2020-10-27T06:38:47.003Z


Samir Mazahem from Michigan wanted to buy a lottery ticket, but accidentally got two - with identical numbers. Now the 56-year-old is a very rich man.


Drawing of the lottery numbers (archive picture): "I was a little depressed at first"

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Samir Mazahem will probably never regret this lapse: The 56-year-old accidentally bought two lottery tickets with identical numbers - and has now twice won millions in his native Michigan in the north of the USA.

As the Michigan Lottery announced, Mazahem had bet on the number sequence 01-05-09-10-23 on June 9th - this is followed by the birthdays of his family members.

A little later he bought another lottery ticket online, although he actually only wanted to save the numbers for future games as favorites.

"When I saw that I had bought two bills with identical numbers, I was a little depressed at first, but didn't think about it," Mazahem said, according to the Michigan Lottery.

When he finally found out about his win, he couldn't believe it: "It took me a few days to understand that my mistake had paid off - in the amount of two million euros."

The millionaire now says he wants to buy a house for himself and his family.

He wants to save the rest of the profit first.

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Source: spiegel

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