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June 12, 2017 / 4:23 PM

Colorado couple win third major lottery jackpot

The Colorado Lottery said a couple who won a $500,000 jackpot from a scratch-off ticket previously won $5 million and $4,000 lottery jackpots. Photo courtesy of the Colorado Lottery

The Colorado Lottery said a couple who won a $500,000 jackpot from a scratch-off ticket previously won $5 million and $4,000 lottery jackpots. Photo courtesy of the Colorado Lottery

June 12 (UPI) -- A Colorado couple who won $500,000 on a scratch-off ticket revealed they previously won lottery jackpots for $5 million and $4,000.

The Colorado Lottery said the couple, whose names were not released, purchased 4 Brilliant Bucks Scratch tickets recently and discovered one of them was a $500,000 winner.

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The couple told officials the ticket was not their first lottery windfall -- they won a $5 million Colorado Lottery jackpot several years ago.

The couple said they also once won $4,000 from the California lottery.

The pair dubbed their latest winnings a "retirement fund."

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