NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- A very lucky couple in New Jersey is celebrating after winning a $3 million scratch-off prize just months after winning $1 million.

The couple, who has two children and a third on the way, purchased the $3 million scratch-off at the Fischer Bay Exxon, located at 826 Fischer Boulevard in Toms River, Ocean County.

And just back in April, the same couple won the $1 million prize in the "$1,000,000 Ultimate Spectacular."

According to officials with the New Jersey Lottery, the combined odds of winning both prizes are roughly 1 in two trillion. For comparison's sake, a player would be 1.2 million times more likely to be hit by a meteorite.

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The couple has a 5-year-old and an 11-month-old and said playing lottery scratch-off tickets is their way to enj

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