A construction worker beat incredible odds to win a $2 million lottery 2 years after hitting a $1 million jackpot

• A North Carolina man won a $2 million lottery prize after winning a $1 million jackpot in 2021.
• Pharris Frank, a 41-year-old construction worker, plans to take wife on a "nice vacation."

A man in North Carolina doubled his luck after winning a $2 million prize from a $20 dollar scratch-off ticket. The North Carolina Education Lottery was announced earlier this week. In 2021, he won $1 million playing a different game.

Pharris Frank, a 41-year-old construction worker, told the lottery on Tuesday that he somehow sensed that luck was on his side.

"It's crazy because the day before I won, my buddy asked me how it felt to win $1 million," Frank said. "And I told him that I was going to double it."

While out of town for work, Frank played the new Diamond Dazzler game launched in January. The odds of winning the top prize in the scratch-off game are about one in 1.5 million, according to CNN.

Frank said he was amazed when he learned the news: "I called my wife and told her, 'I did it again,'" he said. "I didn't know if I was dreaming or not."

The lottery winner decided to take home a lump sum of $855,006 after taxes rather than receive an annual payment of $100,000 over 20 years, the lottery said.

In 2021, Frank used part of his winnings towards his dream wedding. He plans to take his wife on a "nice vacation."