A Pueblo man is celebrating his second jackpot win in three years.
The winner, who wants to remain anonymous, won $3.4 million in the December 20 drawing.
He had previously won $1.3 million in October 2003.
The first time, according to Colorado Lottery officials, the man was a week away from filing for bankruptcy.
He uttered a desperate prayer: “Lord, help me out. I want to pay my bills. I don’t want to file for bankruptcy.”
Within moments, he said, he heard a voice encouraging him to buy a ticket.
The man has used his initial winnings to support charities such as Feed the Children and Wayside Cross Rescue Mission in Pueblo.
He is described as a life-long Christian.
Lottery officials list the odds of winning a jackpot at 1 in 5,245,786. They say the probability of winning the jackpot twice in a lifetime is one in many, many trillion.
Only two other people have won twice, since the game began in 1989.
