Undated (KROC AM News) - The Minnesota Lottery says there have been back-to-back million dollar winners in the state.

A ticket bought for Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing won a second place prize worth $1,000,000. That ticket was sold at a convenience store in Bloomington.

A $1,000,000 ticket from Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing was sold at a Minneapolis convenience store.

The state lottery also notes 2018 has been a good year so far for lottery players. Two $1-million Minnesota Millionaire Raffle prizes and a Gopher 5 prize worth $1.2-million were claimed during January.  

There were four $1-million Powerball prizes claimed in Minnesota last year.

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