Lottery player buys $50 ticket — and wins $1M prize in Florida. Here's where
A stop at 7-Eleven led to a life-changing win for a lottery player in Florida.
Vijay Gandhi, 61, won $1 million playing a 500X THE CASH scratch-off game, the Florida Lottery said.
Gandhi bought the $50 ticket at a 7-Eleven in Tampa, according to an April 23 news release. He beat odds of 1 in 274,004 to snag the game's second-tier prize.
The Hillsborough County man claimed his winnings at lottery headquarters in Tampa and went with the lump sum option, taking home $640,000 after taxes, officials said.
The 7-Eleven also received a $2,000 commission for selling the winning ticket.
A top prize worth $25 million is still up for grabs in the 500X THE CASH scratcher game, according to the Florida Lottery's website.
Additional information wasn't immediately available.
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