Overview
- On Aug. 18, he bought a multi-draw Powerball ticket with the Double Play add-on after forgetting whether he had already played.
- A separate ticket purchased on Aug. 12 used the same numbers, a set based on relatives’ birth years, and also included Double Play.
- The Aug. 20 Double Play drawing matched both tickets, yielding two second-tier $500,000 wins for a $1 million total.
- He and his wife claimed the prize on Aug. 26, telling lottery officials, “I played it and I forgot I played it.”
- The Maryland Lottery shared the story on Aug. 27, and the Prince George’s County winner says he plans to keep playing, joking that Mega Millions could be next.