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Man wins $1M lottery jackpot months after collecting $100,000 prize

Ray Boose Jr., of Cumberland County, Pa., won a $1 million jackpot from a scratch-off lottery ticket just months after winning a $100,000 prize from another ticket. Photo courtesy of the Pennsylvania Lottery
Ray Boose Jr., of Cumberland County, Pa., won a $1 million jackpot from a scratch-off lottery ticket just months after winning a $100,000 prize from another ticket. Photo courtesy of the Pennsylvania Lottery

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Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man said his wife dubbed him "the luckiest person she knows" after he collected a $1 million lottery prize just months after winning $100,000.

Ray Boose Jr., of Cumberland County, told Pennsylvania Lottery officials his latest win came when his wife asked him to stop at the Ugo store in Mount Holly Springs.

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"The day I won $1 million, my wife asked me to go to Ugo, and I had a few tickets I wanted to cash," he recalled.

Boose used some of his winnings to buy a Millionaire Maker scratch-off ticket and soon discovered he was a $1 million winner.

"I was sitting out in parking lot scratching it and was like, 'Oh my goodness.' I was speechless. I called my wife. It just didn't seem real," Boose said.

He said his wife was just as surprised.

"My wife said, 'Come home now. I want to see the ticket,'" he recalled.

Boose previously collected $100,000 from a Mining for Millions just a few months earlier.

"My wife says I'm probably the luckiest person she knows," the winner said.

Boose said he already has set about making use of his winnings.

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"I won on a Friday and went to see a house that Saturday. It's under contract," he said.

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