Man Wins $1M Lottery Twice After Forgetting First Ticket Purchase

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2015-11-20T17:24:19-0500

When Bernard Bennick couldn’t remember if he had purchased a ticket for the November 18th drawing of the Virginia Lottery’s 'Bank a Million' game, he ended up buying another one with identical numbers; both matched the numbers that were selected, giving him the top prize of $1 million twice for a win of $2 million.

A memory slip ended up doubling the amount of one lottery player’s winnings. 
According to the Virginia Lottery, Bernard Bennick couldn’t remember if he had purchased a ticket for the 'Bank a Million' drawing on November 18th so he ended up going out and buying another one. 
Eventually, the Springfield resident realized he had

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