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A man in North Carolina doubled his luck after winning a $2 million prize from a $20 dollar scratch-off ticket. The North Carolina Education Lottery was announced earlier this week. In 2021, he won $1 million playing a different game.
Pharris Frank, a 41-year-old construction worker, told the lottery on Tuesday that he somehow sensed that luck was on his side.
"It's crazy because the day before I won, my buddy asked me how it felt to win $1 million," Frank said. "And I told him that I was going to double it."
—NC Education Lottery (@nclottery) March 28, 2023
While out of town for work, Frank played the new Diamond Dazzler game launched in January. The odds of winning the top prize in the scratch-off game are about one in 1.5 million, according to CNN.
Frank said he was amazed when he learned the news: "I called my wife and told her, 'I did it again,'" he said. "I didn't know if I was dreaming or not."
The lottery winner decided to take home a lump sum of $855,006 after taxes rather than receive an annual payment of $100,000 over 20 years, the lottery said.
In 2021, Frank used part of his winnings towards his dream wedding. He plans to take his wife on a "nice vacation."
