Indiana man wins $1 million twice in 3 months

Jul 31, 2014, 4:44 pm (17 comments)

Indiana Lottery

The chances of getting a $1 million lottery ticket are slim. Winning the same lottery twice is rarer still.

Yet an Indianapolis man defied the odds twice, winning his second $1 million prize in three months.

Robert Hamilton claimed his $1 million from the Hoosier Lottery Commission July 22, according to a news release. He purchased the ticket in the $120 Million Cash Spectacular Scratch-off from a Speedway on South East Street.

After taxes, Hamilton collected $792,846.04, according to the website.

Hamilton won another $1 million prize in the same game three months earlier, on April 28. He told the commission he stopped by a Casey's in Jasonville on his way to a conference and purchased the winning ticket there.

"It's the icing on the cake," Hamilton said, as he claimed his second prize.

The odds of winning the $1 million prize on that game are one in 2.1 million, according to the news release. Five of the $120 Million Cash Spectacular Scratch-off prizes remain unclaimed.

With his first prize, Hamilton bought a house with his wife, Donna; paid some bills; scheduled a vacation; bought a truck for his father; and purchased equipment for his commercial trash-hauling company.

This time around, Hamilton said he plans to buy a motorcycle.

Donna Hamilton said she and her husband wouldn't let the winnings go to their heads.

"We're just everyday, normal people," she said.

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Indy Star

Comments

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

Whoa Scared I wasn't expecting that

Congratulations Mr & Mrs Hamilton Party

ThatScaryChick's avatarThatScaryChick

I read about this earlier. He's a very lucky guy. Congrats to him and his wife!

HaveABall's avatarHaveABall

Robert Hamilton, congratulations on winning the top prize, TWICE, on this cool scratch-off game! I hope it didn't cost you more than $100 to accomplish. Shocked

Toronto

Some guys just have all the luck

charmed7's avatarcharmed7

CONGRATS Mr and Mrs H......never know when your day will b...cant win if u dont play

Enjoy guys

mypiemaster's avatarmypiemaster

Thumbs UpHope he  keeps winning. Congratulations for a job well done.

maringoman's avatarmaringoman

Congratulations Bob Hamilton.

Shelby Mustang

I think if it was me I'd change my name to Good Luck Chuck LOL

IPlayWeekly's avatarIPlayWeekly

Awesome, keep playing... you never know when you'll hit

Babes333's avatarBabes333

Awesome win..again!                                                   

This just proves anything is possible again and again!!!

golfer1960's avatargolfer1960

Quote: Originally posted by HaveABall on Jul 31, 2014

Robert Hamilton, congratulations on winning the top prize, TWICE, on this cool scratch-off game! I hope it didn't cost you more than $100 to accomplish. Shocked

Hey Baller, since he won it twice, it really wouldn't matter how much he spent to win $2M. I'd spend $10K if I knew I'd win $2M!! Smile

Win$500Quick's avatarWin$500Quick

Congrats to the very lucky winner. You can't win if you don't play.

shadowlady's avatarshadowlady

I heard about this on the  news this morning.  Congratulations to the happy couple.   It seems like he/they were being sensible about spending the money the first time around.   But I don't expect him to start on drugs.

helpmewin's avatarhelpmewin

Quote: Originally posted by golfer1960 on Aug 1, 2014

Hey Baller, since he won it twice, it really wouldn't matter how much he spent to win $2M. I'd spend $10K if I knew I'd win $2M!! Smile

Things sometimes do happen in 3's Smash SmashSmash

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