A resident of Salem, in the American state of Connecticut, won $950 thousand by hitting the jackpot on two lottery tickets at once.. The name of the lucky winner is not disclosed for security reasons.. CT Insider writes about this.

On December 31, a man received $200,000 thanks to a winning ticket purchased at a Citgo store in Colchester.. Less than a week later, on January 3rd, the same player claimed victory again at the same store. This time he got 750 thousand dollars.

Mathematician Iddo Ben-Ari of the University of Connecticut, who specializes in probability theory, argues that the chance of such a combined winning is extremely small, but not zero..

" This is a rare occurrence, but it will happen again and again,"

Lottery officials said 18 people won prizes of $10,000 or more during the first week of 2025.. Public relations manager Arthur Mongillo said the spike in winnings was likely due to the holiday season as some received a lottery ticket as a gift.

The largest Connecticut Lottery jackpot in 2024 was won by a Windsor Locks resident who won $3 million in September..

Let's remember that Focus previously reported that the waitress's winnings of $10 million turned her life into hell. Tonda Dickerson chose annual payments of $375 thousand for 30 years and quit her job. However, she had no idea what troubles awaited her after winning.

But 57-year-old Philip from the American city of Washington (Columbia, USA) guessed all five numbers in two Lucky for Life lottery tickets and hit the million-dollar jackpot. However, the man accidentally lost one of the winning tickets worth 500 thousand dollars.