Grabbing a double whammy of luck, Murray reportedly opted for the lump-sum payout worth $6,122,400 from his initial $10 million jackpot. Surprisingly, both winning tickets were procured from the same H & A Gas & Convenience Store located in Brooklyn.
"It's quite the humbling and liberating experience," Murray shared with lottery officials, after celebrating his first big win last year.
Statistically speaking, the odds of striking it rich with New York Lottery's 200X scratch-off game are 1 in 3,500,000, while the Black Titanium ticket brings you a 1 in 3,600,000 chance of winning.
Lottery rubble pulled in close to $4.4 billion in revenue during the previous fiscal year, with New York City school districts raking in over a billion dollars in funding from these lottery earnings.
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Somewhere amidst the exhilaration, Murray acknowledged how humbling and liberating it felt to win again, pushing his total jackpot prizes to over $10 million.
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Winning the lottery twice is a jaw-dropping occurrence. Your odds of winning a major lottery jackpot already hover between 1 in 175 million to 1 in 292 million, depending on the specific lottery game. In fact, your chances of striking it twice are so staggeringly low that it's safe to say it's a once-in-a-lifetime feat for most.
