Man accidentally buys two identical lottery tickets but ends up winning with BOTH

The Daily Mirror says A man has won big after accidentally purchasing two identical tickets for the same lottery drawing and ending up winning two prizes of $25,000 a year for life.

Scotty Thomas, from North Carolina, said the mistake came about after he was thinking about the upcoming Lucky for Life drawing and couldn’t remember if he’d already bought a ticket.

“I was just lying in bed watching a basketball game on TV, and I couldn’t remember if I filled it out or not,” Mr Thomas told told North Carolina EducationLottery.

“I went ahead and filled it out again, and the next morning my son asked why there were two different amounts listed.

“I realized, ‘I think I filled it out twice.'”

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