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Benjamin Lynch

Lucky man scoops £1.2million in two separate lottery wins six years apart

A lucky lotto winner has revealed an incredible story of good fortune after winning around £1.2 million from two tickets.

Kevin Miller from Montague in Franklin County, Massachusetts in the US, bought two tickets from the same shop six years apart.

The American won £825,000 in 2016 before cashing in another £322,093 the second time around.

Big lotto wins can be life changing for the lucky people who are fortunate enough to be in possession of the right numbers. The chances of actually winning are very low so a person winning twice has raised eyebrows.

The Massachusetts Lottery said: "Kevin Miller of Montague is the winner of a $25,000 (£20,500) a year for life prize in the multi-state Lucky for Life game after the first five numbers on his Quic Pic ticket matched those selected in the drawing that took place February 18."

Other lucky winners include Deborah Berschbach, who won £416,000 after stopping to buy a ticket on her way to her weekend cottage (Newsflash)

This is the second big prize for Miller, having previously won a $1million (£825,000) prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery's 'Cadillac Riches' instant ticket game in 2016.

Miller is reported to have chosen the cash option on his second prize and received the one-time payment at the lottery headquarters in Dorchester.

They added: "His winning ticket was purchased at Food City, 250 Avenue A in Turners Falls, the same location where he purchased his $1million winning ticket. The store receives a $5,000 (£4,100) bonus for its sale of the ticket."

The remarkable lotto win isn't the only tale of success from the US.

In June, 32-year-old Joshua Locklear originally thought he had won £478 and was surprised to learn he had in fact won a whopping total of the equivalent of £495,456.

He told the North Carolina Lottery "When I heard, I was like, 'There's no possible way I actually hit the jackpot'."

It was the latest in a string of lucky tickets, where a wrong number here or there can cost people a fortune.

Vicente Mosquera, 82, still works at an Italian restaurant despite winning £230,000 (Virginia Lottery/Newsflash)

Florida man Richard Lustig made name for himself with his winnings totalling over £820,000 from seven jackpot wins.

Richard put his success down to a strategised system of picking numbers and he wrote several books on the subject.

With 23 wins in total, he became prominent on TV and built a business with software that claims to help people win the lottery over time.

Critics say his scheme is less effective than picking numbers at random.

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