Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Michigan man who accidentally bought extra lottery ticket wins two $1M prizes
I'd posted and deleted the same story earlier. One reply suggested that all the man had done was split a $2 million prize in two. I don't know squat about the lottery, but after a couple minutes of research, I'm not so sure that's the case. I think if he had only bought one ticket, he would have won "only" $1 million. Not sure, though.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michigan-man-who-accidentally-bought-extra-lottery-ticket-wins-two-n1244645
Michigan man who accidentally bought extra lottery ticket wins two $1M prizes
"It took several days for the reality to set in that my mistake had paid off to the tune of $2 million," Samir Mazahem said.
Oct. 24, 2020, 5:32 PM UTC
By Minyvonne Burke
A Michigan man is $2 million richer after he accidentally purchased an extra Mega Millions lottery ticket.
Samir Mazahem, 56, of Dearborn Heights, meant to buy one online ticket for the June 9 drawing so he could play his family's birthdays — 01-05-09-10-23.
After realizing he forgot to save the numbers as favorites so he could play them in the future, Mazahem logged onto the Michigan Lottery app to store them.
“What I didn’t realize is that meant I would be buying a second ticket with the same numbers," he told Michigan Lottery. "Once I figured out I had bought two tickets with identical numbers, I was a little bummed but didn’t think much about it."
[...]
"It took several days for the reality to set in that my mistake had paid off to the tune of $2 million," Samir Mazahem said.
Oct. 24, 2020, 5:32 PM UTC
By Minyvonne Burke
A Michigan man is $2 million richer after he accidentally purchased an extra Mega Millions lottery ticket.
Samir Mazahem, 56, of Dearborn Heights, meant to buy one online ticket for the June 9 drawing so he could play his family's birthdays — 01-05-09-10-23.
After realizing he forgot to save the numbers as favorites so he could play them in the future, Mazahem logged onto the Michigan Lottery app to store them.
“What I didn’t realize is that meant I would be buying a second ticket with the same numbers," he told Michigan Lottery. "Once I figured out I had bought two tickets with identical numbers, I was a little bummed but didn’t think much about it."
[...]
1 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
