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Miami Herald
18-04-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery player turns $10 ticket into life-changing prize in Florida. Here's where
A man stopped into a convenience store at a Florida gas station and bought a $10 scratch-off lottery ticket. Then he hit the jackpot. Joel Roman won a $2 million top prize in the $2,000,000 100X Cashword game, the Florida Lottery announced April 16. Roman, of Hillsborough County, bought his ticket at a local Sunoco Food Mart in Ruskin, officials said. He beat the 1-in-3,792,743 odds to win one of eight top prizes of $2 million in the game, which now has no more top prizes left. The 42-year-old headed up to Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee to claim his windfall as a lump sum of $1,280,000. The Sunoco received a $4,000 bonus for selling the lucky ticket, lottery officials said. Ruskin is about a 20-mile drive south from downtown Tampa.
Miami Herald
11-04-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery player turns $10 into $2 million prize at Florida Publix. Here's where
A grocery shopper decided to spend $10 on a scratch-off lottery ticket at a Publix in Florida. He won a prize with a lot more zeroes. Lary Pincince won a top prize of $2 million with a ticket in the $2,000,000 100X Cashword game, which he bought at the Publix Super Market at Trailwinds Village in Wildwood, the Florida Lottery announced April 10. He beat the 1-in-3,792,743 odds of winning one of eight jackpot prizes of $2 million, according to Florida Lottery officials. All the top prizes in the game, which debuted in December 2023, have now been claimed, records show. The 65-year-old resident of The Villages, a 55+ community northwest of Orlando, claimed his prize at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee, choosing a one-time payout of $1,280,000, lottery officials said. The Publix in Sumter County received $4,000 for selling the lucky ticket.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Massachusetts lottery players who were lucky this March
DORCHESTER, Mass. (WWLP) – Multiple lottery players were lucky this month when winning big on instant ticket games. $10M lottery prize won on ticket bought in Stoughton Last Thursday, Alan D'Allessandro of Worcester was granted his $1 million prize at the Massachusetts State Lottery headquarters after winning big on the '$5,000,000 100X Cashword' ticket. D'Allessandro, a karate instructor, opted to receive his winnings as a one-time payment of $650,000 before taxes. He bought this prize ticket in Shrewsbury at Edgemere Mini Mart. The store received a bonus of $10,000 for its sale of the ticket. Last Friday, trustee Natalie Logan received two prizes on behalf of lucky winners who chose to claim their winnings through Quincy trusts. A $2,500 a week for life prize was won in the new '$2,500 a Week for Life' $10 instant ticket game. The JANLC Trust of Quincy received the prize as a one-time payment of $2,000,000 before taxes. Logan said that the winner plans to use these winnings to 'help make the world a better place, especially for their dog.' The ticket, which first went on sale on February 18, was purchased at Winners Corner in North Andover. The store received a bonus of $26,000 for selling the ticket. A ticket in the '$10,000,000 Bonanza' game resulted in one player receiving $1 million. The Bumbalina Trust of Quincy opted to claim the prize as a one-time payment of $650,000 before taxes. The winner shared via Logan that they will use their winnings to 'support their family and grandchildren.' The ticket was bought at Players Cafe in Hyde Park, and the store received a $10,000 bonus for this sale. Congratulations to these March winners! WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
