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  • One in many trillions: Lottery player wins 2 games on the same day

    12/12/2002 11:02:03 AM PST · by new cruelty · 50 replies · 2,796+ views
    San Jose Mercury News | December 12, 2002 | Nicole C. Wong
    SAN JOSE, Calif. _ There's winning the Lottery. But winning two big jackpots? On the same day? Angelo Gallina beat the incredible odds, and on Wednesday the Belmont retiree claimed his payoff _ $6.6 million, after taxes, for holding the winning ticket from both the SuperLotto and the Fantasy 5 games on Nov. 20. It's the only time in the 17-year history of the California Lottery that's happened. And experts said the odds of doing it are mind-boggling. The odds of winning SuperLotto are 1-in-41 million. For Fantasy 5, 1-in-575,000. But for both? "This is just amazing, astronomical," said Stanford...