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Winning the lottery can be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, except for one Virginia man<\/a> who won hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Powerball twice in the same drawing this month.<\/p>\n

Ben Baker, of Covington, bought a total of 10 tickets for the March 4 Powerball drawing at his local Food Lion grocery store, according to the Virginia Lottery.<\/p>\n

Baker managed to match four of the winning numbers plus the Powerball number<\/a> on two of his tickets for what normally would have been a $50,000 prize for each winning ticket.<\/p>\n

The winning numbers in that drawing were 10-16-18-40-66, and the Powerball number was 16, according to a press release issued by the Virginia Lottery on Friday.<\/p>\n

POWERBALL LOTTERY DRAWING: WINNERS CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS IN THESE STATES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

However, Baker had a little more luck on his side.<\/p>\n

Baker spent an extra dollar on each ticket for the Power Play, which tripled the winning prizes<\/a> to $150,000 each, the lottery said. From the two winning tickets, Baker won a total of $300,000.<\/p>\n

Baker put it simply: “I was really lucky!”\u00a0<\/p>\n

He told the lottery that he intends to use some of his winnings to improve his home<\/a> and save the rest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Powerball drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The odds of matching all six numbers to win the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, according to the lottery. The overall odds of winning any Powerball prize are 1 in 25.\u00a0<\/p>\n

HOW TO UP YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING THE LOTTERY<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier this month, a Michigan woman<\/a> almost missed out on winning a $1 million Powerball prize.<\/p>\n

Ana Elizalde, 51, of Lansing, bought the ticket in February and gave it to her husband for safekeeping, she told the Michigan Lottery.<\/p>\n

“A week after the drawing my husband found the ticket in his\u00a0coat pocket\u00a0and realized we had never checked it,” Elizalde said. “We went to the store to scan it and got a message to file a claim. When we checked the numbers online and realized we\u2019d won $1 million.”<\/p>\n

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Elizalde told the lottery board she plans to use her Powerball Prize to pay bills, her\u00a0children\u2019s education<\/a> and savings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox News\u2019 Cortney Moore contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/virginia-man-wins-powerball-2-tickets-same-drawing <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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