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Christmas got here early for one Massachusetts man who gained not one, however six state lotteries. 

In response to the state lottery, Raymond Roberts Sr. gained the $25,000 a yr for all times prizes within the December 14 drawing after he matched the primary 5 numbers on every ticket. 

Roberts, a Vietnam-era veteran, is from Fall River, a metropolis positioned an hour south of Boston. 

In response to Roberts, his main win was the results of a intestine feeling. He instructed lottery officers that his “instinct” led him to buy a number of tickets – all with the identical numbers. The numbers on every ticket had been a mixture of anniversary dates and birthdays, a collection that the state stated he had performed in video games for greater than 20 years. 

That mixture earned him tens of millions of {dollars}. When he picked up his prizes on December 15, he opted for a $390,000 money possibility for 5 of his profitable tickets, and an annuity possibility for his sixth, which guarantees him funds of $25,000 earlier than taxes for at the very least 20 years. In whole, he’ll have gained greater than $2 million earlier than taxes. 

He did not inform the state of all his plans for the cash, however one factor’s for certain, he stated – he is utilizing a part of it to purchase himself a bike. That very same day, one other particular person in California gained the world report breaking jackpot Powerball ticket – $2.04 billion. 

And he isn’t the one particular person to luck out from his win. Royal Liquor, the shop at which he bought the tickets, will get $5,000 for every profitable ticket offered, a complete of $30,000 in bonuses. 

It has been a fortunate lottery season for a lot of within the U.S. 

Simply final month, a 70-year-old Delaware girl gained a complete of $400,000 from back-to-back scratch-off tickets.