Man wins lotto twice in two months - has now won $1.5 million over past decade

A man has struck gold twice in a matter of weeks, taking home a $75,000 lotto prize for the second time in two months.

A man has won a $75k lotto prize twice in two months.

A man has struck gold twice in a matter of weeks, taking home the top $75,000 lotto prize two times in two months - and $1.5 million across the past decade.

It’s more luck than most expect to see in a lifetime, but a man has won a US$50,000 (A$75,300) lottery prize twice in two months in the US state of Maryland.

The man, who went unnamed in a statement announcing the win, won both prizes in the state from US$20 (A$30) scratchies he purchased while crossing the border from Pennsylvania to do some construction work.

“I buy a ticket or two at least once a week, either at home or down here,” the winner said.

“All my lottery luck seems to be in Maryland, however.”

The man won $75k twice in two months, and says he has won $1.5 million in a decade.

In fact, the man said he had taken home more than US$1 million (A$1.5 million) in lottery winnings from Maryland in the past decade. He did not say how much he’d spent on tickets in that period.

In light of his recent $75,000 prize, the man said he was surprised to win for a second time. Of the three scratch-off tickets he purchased at one newsagent, the third one he scanned turned out to be golden.

“I was about to drop the third – the $50,000 cash ticket – into the can when I saw the message on the scanner,” he said.

“I thought maybe I’d won $5,000. Having won the game’s top prize just last month, there wasn’t the tiniest sliver of a thought that it’d be $50,000.”

The man said he plans to add the winnings to his savings.