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A "Proud Granddad" in Maryland won a total of $1 million after buying two matching lottery tickets

“To look her in the eye and say I had a $500,000 win was good. It was really good to say I had a million!” he said of telling his wife the good news

The man inadvertently played the same winning numbers — a string of relatives' birth years — on two tickets

A Maryland man is $1 million richer after inadvertently purchasing an extra lottery ticket this summer and doubling his winnings.

On Monday, Aug. 18, a man from Prince George's County could not remember if he'd already gotten a ticket for an upcoming Powerball drawing. To play it safe, he bought a ticket that covered the next three drawings, including a Double Play option, state lottery officials said in a release shared

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