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A Vietnam-era veteran in Massachusetts can name himself fortunate for all times after profitable six lottery prizes of $25,000 a yr for all times – in the identical drawing.
Raymond Roberts Sr., of Fall River, matched the primary 5 numbers on six tickets he purchased for a Lucky for Life drawing final week.
He performed a mixture of anniversary dates and birthdays as his numbers – the identical ones he’s been enjoying in lottery video games for greater than 20 years, the Massachusetts Lottery stated.
“Roberts cited ‘intuition’ as his reason for purchasing multiple tickets with the same numbers,” the lottery stated.
Roberts selected the $390,000 money possibility for 5 of his prizes, totaling $1.95 million earlier than taxes. He selected the annuity possibility for the sixth prize, giving him 20 annual funds of $25,000 earlier than taxes.
According to the lottery, Roberts plans to make use of a part of his winnings to purchase a bike.
Roberts’ win additionally means a windfall six occasions over for the shop the place he purchased the profitable tickets: $30,000, or $5,000 for every ticket, the lottery stated.