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Man Wins PA Lottery Twice In One Year For $1.1M Total
A Cumberland County man won $1 million on a scratch-off ticket and also won $100,000 on a different scratch-off ticket this year.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA — A Pennsylvania man appears to have some pretty good luck after he won more than $1 million on two separate lottery tickets this year.
According to the Pennsylvania Lottery, Ray Boose Jr. of Cumberland County is $1.1 million richer after winning two scratch-off lottery games.
Boose won $1 million through at Millionaire Maker Scratch-Off ticket he bought in August at a Ugo store in Mount Holly Springs.
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This big win is on top of $100,000 he won earlier in the year via a Mining for Millions scratch-off ticket.
Boose is using his winnings to buy a new home.
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"I won on a Friday and went to see a house that Saturday," he said. "It’s under contract."
This father of two and grandfather of five said this prize is like a dream. Changing zip codes will also allow him to live closer to where he works, at a plumbing warehouse.
"My wife says I’m probably the luckiest person she knows," Boose said.
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