Man wins $15 million lottery jackpot – for the second time

Wayne Murray clinched the $US10 million ($15 million) prize this month in the New York Lottery's 200X scratch-off game – just 16 months after he won the same amount in its Black Titanium scratch-off game, the state agency that runs the games said.

For his latest jackpot – as with his first – Murray opted to take home a single lump payment of $US6,122,400 ($9.3 million), it said.

Both tickets were bought at the same H & A Gas & Convenience store in Brooklyn, the lottery said.

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"It feels very humbling and liberating," Murray told lottery officials last year after his win.

The odds of winning the 200X scratch-off game are 1 in 3.5 million, while the odds of winning the Black Titanium are 1 in 3.6 million, according to the agency.

The New York Lottery's scratch-off games raked in over $US4.4 billion ($6.7 billion) in sales this past fiscal year, during which school districts across New York City boroughs got over $1 billion ($1.5 billion) in aid, it said.