A Colorado man won a seven-figure lottery jackpot twice in one day.
The Colorado Lottery announced that a man was identified as “Joe B.” won two $1 million Powerball jackpots on March 25. He went to collect his winnings earlier this week, which allowed officials to identify him.
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, state officials approved touch-free drive-thru claim offices for winning tickets of $10,000 or more to be redeemed. Winner must schedule an appointment. There are more than 14,000 confirmed cases of COVID -19 in Colorado.
According to MSN, the man had been playing the same lottery numbers for 30 years. He bought several tickets with the same number on the same day, visit the online gambling agent kimtoto.
“Joe likes to play one of his own numbers, and some more to play with Quick Picks,” reads a story on the Colorado Lottery website. “He bought a few Powerball plays in the morning at the 7-Eleven at 926 Lake Ave, then stopped and bought a few more plays in the evening at the Loaf N’ Jug at 2050 Lake Ave.”
Both locations are in Pueblo, the same city that was home to last week's $2 million winning Powerball ticket.