Extremely Lucky Guy Wins Canadian Lotto Twice In Five Months

The first win happened at an RN Convenience Store in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where Melhig plunked down $20 on an instant lottery ticket in April. It ended up being worth $1.2 million, and at the time he said his first move was to move himself and his family to a nicer home: “Everything is new … We have a nice yard, good schools. We love it.” That would have normally been the happy ending, but a few months later in August he found himself at a Giant Tiger store to buy a game for his kids. The old itch must have crept up on him, because he bought another $20 ticket, this one a Scratch ‘N Win game. Incredibly, it ended up being worth even more: $2 million. He summed up his feelings more or less as you would expect: “It’s amazing! I feel so happy.” Melhig says he’s considering opening up a small business, such as a car wash or convenience store, but his more immediate goal is to improve his education: “But my main goal is to go to school. I want to improve my English and communication. And I want to learn something useful, like carpentry … “I’m young. You always need to think about how to grow.” There’s no word on whether he plans to keep spending money on lottery tickets, possibly with an eye towards going for a third win in 2018.