Canadian player splits jackpot with himself after buying two identical lottery tickets

A player from Alberta, Canada, accidentally purchased two Lotto 6/49 tickets that had the same exact numbers, but he’s not sweating the trivial amount he spent on that extra ticket. Instead, he won the entire $5 million (US$3.8 million) jackpot, split into an identical pair of $2.5 million (US$1.9 million) jackpots.Winner Stories, Jackpots, Western Canada, Canada, Canada Lotto 6/49, Won multiple times, Multi-Province Game