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Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Osceola County man strikes gold, turning $20 in $1M in Florida Lottery scratch-off win
An Osceola County man is a millionaire after winning $1 million from the GOLD RUSH LEGACY scratch-off game from the Florida Lottery. David Martinez, of Kissimmee, claimed the $1 million prize after purchasing his ticket from the 7-Eleven at 101 State Road 436 in Fern Park. The 49-year-old chose to receive his winnings as a one-time lump-sum payment of $640,000. The store that sold the winning ticket received a $2,000 bonus commission. The $20 scratch-off game features four top prizes of $10 million and 20 prizes of $1 million, and more than $894 million in total cash prizes. Scratch-off games made up 74% of ticket sales in the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Since their inception, scratch-off games have generated more than $19.80 billion for the Education Enhancement Trust Fund and are responsible for contributing more than $48 billion to enhance education and sending more than one million students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. Additionally, since its inception, scratch-off games have awarded more than $65.5 billion in prizes, creating 2,283 millionaires. Click here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
A spectacular win! Orange County woman wins $1M in Florida Lottery scratch-off game
An Orange County woman is a millionaire after winning $1 million from the $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR scratch-off game from the Florida Lottery. Syalon Britten, of Ocoee, claimed the $1 million top prize after purchasing her ticket from Discount Beverages & Smoke, located at 207 US Highway 441/27 in Lady Lake. The 46-year-old chose to receive her winnings as a one-time lump-sum payment of $640,000. The store that sold the winning ticket received a $2,000 bonus commission. The $50 scratch-off game features two top prizes of $1 million a year for life and 234 prizes of $1 million and is filled with more than $1.6 billion in cash prizes. Scratch-off games made up 74% of ticket sales in the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Since their inception, scratch-off games have generated more than $19.80 billion for the Education Enhancement Trust Fund and are responsible for contributing more than $48 billion to enhance education and sending more than one million students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. Additionally, since its inception, scratch-off games have awarded more than $65.5 billion in prizes, creating 2,283 millionaires. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $98.6 billion in prizes and made more than 4,200 people millionaires, according to lottery here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
What is $1 million? Volusia County man wins big play JEOPARDY! Scratch-off game
A Volusia County man is a millionaire after winning $1 million from the JEOPARDY! scratch-off game from the Florida Lottery. John Sinclair, of Edgewater, claimed the $1 million top prize after purchasing his ticket from the Winn-Dixie, located at 1838 South Ridgewood Avenue in Edgewater. The 66-year-old chose to receive his winnings as a one-time lump-sum payment of $640,000. The store that sold the winning ticket received a $2,000 bonus commission. The $5 game features 10 top prizes of $1 million, with more than $64.3 million in total cash prizes, and more than 4.7 million winning tickets. Scratch-off games made up 74% of ticket sales in the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Since their inception, scratch-off games have generated more than $19.80 billion for the Education Enhancement Trust Fund and are responsible for contributing more than $48 billion to enhance education and sending more than one million students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. Additionally, since its inception, scratch-off games have awarded more than $65.5 billion in prizes, creating 2,283 millionaires. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $98.6 billion in prizes and made more than 4,200 people millionaires, according to lottery officials. Click here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
