A Massachusetts man accidentally bought two identical tickets for the same Powerball drawing and ended up with a pair of prizes, each worth $1 million.

Paul Corcoran won two separate $1 million Powerball jackpots in under a week, the Massachusetts Lottery announced.

Paul Corcoran, a Fitchburg resident, bought two separate Powerball tickets with the same numbers for the July 9 drawing that each won $1 million before taxes. The first was bought at a Fitchburg Market Basket, and the second came from Country Farms on North Main Street in Leominster.

Paul Corcoran of Fitchburg wins two $1M Powerball prizes in the same drawing after purchasing tickets at two Massachusetts stores. Both retailers earn $10K bonuses.

Two winning $1 million Powerball tickets were sold in Massachusetts for Wednesday‘s drawing for a $217 million jackpot. The winning numbers for the drawing were 5, 9, 25, 28, 69 and Powerball: 5. One of the winning tickets, which matched the first five numbers, was sold at a Market Basket grocery store located at 130 Water St. in Fitchburg.

A pair of winning Powerball tickets worth $1 million each were sold in Massachusetts for Wednesday night's drawing.

A person, obviously, has to be very lucky to win the lottery. Not just a little bit lucky, but astronomically lucky, considering the odds of winning a

According to the release, Corcoran initially bought a ticket for seven Powerball drawings, but mistakenly thought the final drawing on that ticket had already occurred. He then purchased another multi-draw ticket that also included the July 9 drawing, the Massachusetts Lottery reported.