Mazahem said he was saving numbers on a lottery app when he accidentally bought
an extra lottery ticket after buying a $2 ticket for the June 9 Mega
Millions game.He realized he had purchased another ticket with the same
numbers and said he was 'bummed' but forgot about it until he logged
onto the app. He had two $1 million winners.
Mazahem, 56, matched the five white balls drawn – 01-05-09-10-23 - twice. Each winning
ticket was worth $1 million.“I went online and bought a ticket using
numbers that are family birthdays,” said Mazahem. “I forgot to save the
numbers as favorites in the app, so I went back in and set them up as
favorites so I could easily play them in the future. What I didn’t
realize, is that meant I would be buying a second ticket with the same
numbers. Once I figured out I had bought two tickets with identical
numbers, I was a little bummed but didn’t think much about it.
Mazahem had moved on and forgotten about the app. Until a few weeks ago.
"I recently logged into the app to check on some tickets I had bought, and
that is when I saw I had two $1 million prizes pending. Saying that I
was stunned is an understatement. I couldn’t believe it was real. It
took several days for the reality to set in that my mistake had paid off
to the tune of $2 million!"
