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Some guys have all the luck.
A Brooklyn man won $10 million on a scratch-off this week — a little over a year after he won his first $10 million playing the New York Lottery, the lottery said.
Wayne Murray got a top prize Tuesday while playing the New York Lottery’s 200X scratch-off game.
Last year, he won $10 million playing the Black Titanium game, lottery officials said.
Both games cost $30 to play.
When approached Thursday by The Post, Murray did not want to make a fuss about hitting the jackpot twice.
“Some of us just like to be discreet. I just want to be discreet, that’s all it is,” he said.
When asked if he was a religious man, Murray responded, “Extremely.”
Both of his winning tickets were purchased at the same store, H&A Gas & Convenience on Avenue H in Flatbush.
Clerk Hassan Nabil said that Murray, a regular at the gas station, has not been changed by his two major wins — and seemingly continues to play just because he enjoys it.
“Twice in a row — what are the odds? You can’t even think about it. It’s not comprehensible,” he told The Post Thursday.
“He’s a super regular guy here. He’s very friendly with the locals and very generous with his time. He could have moved out of the neighborhood after winning the first time, but he stood his ground. Money changes a lot of people, but he doesn’t show off or anything. He keeps it real, keeps it honest,” Nabil said.
“It’s a game for him, so he just keeps playing,” Nabil added. “If you win, you just want to win more.”
For his latest win, Murray opted to take home his cash prize in one lump sum, which was just over $6 million after taxes.
Murray also took a single lump sum of just over $6 million in his first win in August last year.
He told lottery officials then that taking home the massive prize felt “very humbling and liberating.”
Despite his incredible luck, the millionaire still leads an unassuming life in his quiet East Flatbush neighborhood, where he still lives in the simple three-story, semi-attached brick home where he’s spent most of his life, neighbors say.
Constance Bryane, whose home is attached to Murray’s, said she didn’t even know about her neighbor’s good fortune — even his first big win.
“I had no idea. He’s very humble that way,” she told The Post. “I’m going to have to congratulate him the next time I see him.”
Bryane, 75, said Murray has lived in the home next to her for decades. Records show he obtained the house from a relative at no cost in Sept. 2021.
“That’s his house and will always be his house even if he won the lottery a third time,” she said. “He took care of his mother and his great aunt in that house until they both passed away. He’s all about family and his home and his neighborhood. He’s very special that way.
“He’s a beautiful person, a humble person. He’s not flashy,” Bryane continued.
“He just likes helping people any way he can. If people need a favor, he’ll go out of his way to do it.”
The odds of winning the 200X scratch-off game are 1 in 3.64 million, while the odds of winning the Black Titanium game are 1 in 3.53 million, according to the New York Lottery. Lottery officials could not say when asked by The Post what the odds of winning both were.
New York scratch-off games generated $4,406,338,198 in total sales during fiscal year 2022-2023, lottery officials said in a release.
Schools across the five boroughs also received $1,070,470,430 in Lottery Aid to Education funds during the same period.
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