A sign for the Powerball jackpot is displayed at a 7-Eleven, Friday, April 5, 2024, in Portland, Oregon.AP Photo/Jenny Kane
While Mike Platzer can’t compete with the Oregon Lottery’s biggest jackpot winners, in one sense, he seems the luckiest of them all.
In July 2021, Platzer claimed $2 million on a Powerball ticket purchased at The Pit Stop Sports Bar & BBQ Grill in Beaverton. A year and a half later, he collected on another $1 million Powerball winner. Then again last October, with a $1 million winner on Mega Millions.
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