Paul Corcoran won the lottery with two Powerball tickets in the July 9 draw
It is case to say that Paul Corcoran is really a lucky one. This US Massachusetts man bought two award -winning bullies in two different stores. They were worth two million dollars [cerca de 1,7 milhões de euros].
Paul Corcoran lives in Fitchburg, a small town in the state of Massachusetts. He had plans to participate in the Powerball draw on July 9. It started by buying a note that gave multiple draws, covering seven games. However, by mistake, he believed that the final draw of that ticket had already passed. This is what a press release of Powerball, an entity responsible for the United States.
Therefore, he raised a second note in a store less than 10 minutes from the first, which also gave seven Powerball draws – including July 9.
This mistake earned him a second opportunity to win a $ 217 million jackpot, according to Massachusetts State Lottery.
The two winning tickets hit the five white balls drawn on July 9. This was the key: 5.9, 25, 28, and 69. CORCORAN yielded a million dollars, before taxes, for each winning ticket, according to Powerball.
To take the jackpot home, it only missed Corcoran hit the red ball, whose luck was 5. When he claimed the prizes at the headquarters of Massachusetts State Lottery, this man said he has played with this random numbers “for some time,” said a spokesman for that entity to CN.
The two stores where Corcoran bought tickets-a Fitchburg Market Basket Supermarket and a Country Farms convenience store in Leominster-will receive $ 10,000, the lottery spokesman said.
According to Massachusetts State Lottery, these were the first Powerball tickets to earn a million dollars to be sold in Fitchburg and Leominster, Massachusetts.
Corcoran told the staff of the lottery that he felt good about this double victory. However, there are no plans for the money you have earned.
The probability of winning Powerball Jackpot is 1 in 292.2 million. The next draw takes place this Monday, with an estimated jackpot of $ 308 million.
