GALION, Ohio — The holidays are going to be a little merrier for one Ohio couple after they won the lottery twice in the same day.
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For the past nine months, Randy and Tanya Metzger have played their birthdays in the lottery’s Pick 5 drawings.
In the December 3 evening Pick 5 drawing, they noticed they hit $417 on one ticket by playing the $1 box.
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“I never look at the other ones,” Randy said. “When I go and get them for the next day, I scan them.”
The next day, he went to a Speedway in Galion to cash in their tickets.
“It said, ‘$25,208.50′ and I go, ‘what?’ and then I look and thought, ‘those are the same numbers,” Randy said.
After taxes, the couple will take home approximately $18,150.
Randy told Ohio Lottery he and his wife plan to use their winnings to pay off a car and make Christmas merrier for several people who are in need.
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