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Australian man wins second lottery drawing top prize

By Ben Hooper
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Oct. 17 (UPI) -- An Australian man said his decision to keep playing the lottery after winning a $102,330 jackpot paid off when he won a second top prize, this time worth $260,917.

The Munster, Western Australia, man told LotteryWest officials he bought an OZ Lotto ticket for Saturday's drawing at Spearwood Heights Newsagency and ended up winning the Division One top prize.

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"We were at a friend's party when I checked the Lotterywest app, I called my wife over and we have been floating ever since," he said.

The man is no stranger to lottery luck.

"I had a win in 2007 where I picked up [$102,330], I've kept playing ever since," he said.

The winner credited his two wins to positive thinking.

"I was always very confident, you have to be," he said.

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