He will make history as one of the luckiest man in the world after winning extra Sh1.6 billion lottery when he bought two tickets in a single night by an accident.
The blunder of Australian man doubled his winnings to Sh3.2 billion – arguably making it one of the luckiest mistakes in history.
He had played the same numbers for 30 years, but accidentally bought two identical tickets for Tuesday’s draw instead of one.
Lottery spokesman Matt Hard said: “What’s remarkable about tonight’s draw is that there were three division one entries, but two winners.”
“The reason for this, the two Victorian entries are held by the one registered player.”
When an official attempted to make the “heart-pounding phone call” to the newly minted multimillionaire, who is from St Albans in Melbourne, he initially did not answer.
Thankfully, the winner eventually picked up, and said: “You’re kidding! – am I seeing things?