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New Jersey Man Wins $250K Lottery Only Two Years After Winning $2 Million Jackpot

<p>They say some people are just born lucky—and apparently a New Jersey man is living proof because he just hit the<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;canadian-man-wins-60-million-after-playing-the-same-lottery-numbers-for-20-years&sol;"> lottery<&sol;a> for a second time in two years for quite a large amount&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to &commat;People&comma; Freddie Robinson from Newark&comma; New Jersey <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;human-interest&sol;new-jersey-man-wins-250k-lottery-after-winning-2-million&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;twitter&period;com&amp&semi;xid&equals;socialflow&lowbar;twitter&lowbar;peoplemag&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;peoplemagazine&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;social">recently won<&sol;a> the New Jersey Lottery for &dollar;250&comma;000&comma; now that’s a nice amount that many would love to have in their bank accounts&period; However&comma; what makes Robinson’s win so special is because just two years ago he won the &dollar;2 million jackpot&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Robinson plays the New Jersey Lottery Scratch-Off pretty frequently&comma; but on a whim decided to play several games that he doesn’t usually play—and that’s when his second stroke of good luck came in&period; While his first couple of tickets didn’t produce any winners&comma; the second to the last ticket he had a &dollar;50 prize&comma; which led him to scratch of the final ticket that contained the &dollar;250&comma;000 prize&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In an interview with the local New Jersey news outlets&comma; Robinson said of the ticket &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;After scratching it&comma; I said&comma; I just won &dollar;200&comma;00 and dropped the ticket on the floor&period;” He pointed out that it was his brother who picked up the ticket and told him it was worth more than he thought&period; He also told lottery officials that he was still in a total state of shock as he went to claim his winnings&comma; which he purchased at C-Town Supermarket in Newark&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you’re wondering what Robinson has been doing since both of his amazing wins&comma; 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