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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