A LUCKY punter has scooped a whopping £42,000 on a Powerball lottery game – just years after winning £84,000 on a scratchcard.
Dimas Montoya, a restaurant chef from Maryland in the US, reportedly won after buying a ticket at a petrol station he goes to after his shift.
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The lucky winner told the state lottery: “I checked the ticket at a gas station that I go to.
“The cashier was so happy for me when she said I needed to cash it at Lottery headquarters because it was so high.”
The organisation explained that Montoya has had made a habit out of playing the lottery after work.
His first success came in 2016.
They said: “Dimas did just that earlier this month, buying some scratch-offs and Powerball tickets since the jackpot was on its historic roll.
“He stopped by one of his favourite retailers, 7-Eleven located at 309 East Smallwood Drive in Waldorf, to pick up his games.
“The restaurant chef enjoyed small wins on the scratch-offs while the $2 quick-pick Powerball ticket delivered a third-tier prize in the November 7 drawing.”
They added: “The 48-year-old father of four left the store and shared his great news with family members and friends.
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“He told officials that his wife did not believe him until he showed her proof of his win.”
The chef said he is now set to splash the cash on a family holiday, as well as putting some aside in savings.
He also confirmed he would continue his regular routine of playing the lottery.
The latest comes after a Florida woman overcame astonishing odds to win a second £843,000 casino jackpot – just three weeks after scooping the same prize at the same casino.
The Clearwater, FL woman, identified only as Gloria, won both top prizes while playing the Dragon Link slot machine game at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa.
She scooped the first jackpot of over $1.2m on December 22 after placing a £42 bet, Hard Rock staff said.
Dragon Link is a progressive slot game where the jackpot rises with each bet until someone wins the cash.
At the time, she said in a press release: “All I wanted for Christmas was to hit that progressive jackpot. I still can’t believe my holiday wish came true.”
Odds of winning each jackpot are 60 million to one, meaning the odds of scooping it twice are a remarkable 3.6 quadrillion to one.
