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Miami Herald
13-05-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery player's $10 ticket makes her millionaire in Florida, even after taxes
An optimistic Florida woman paid $10 for a lottery ticket and it paid off with the kind of money that made her a millionaire even after all those pesky tax deductions. Ruth Cain of Brooksville beat odds of 1 in 4,552,695 to win the top prize — $2 million — in Triple Jackpot, Florida Lottery officials said in a news release. Cain, 53, claimed her prize Monday, May 12, and was given a choice of taking a reduced jackpot via a lump sum, or getting a larger percent of the money by having it divided into annual payments. 'She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,209,700,' lottery officials said. Cain bought her ticket at the RaceTrac convenience store on Cortez Boulevard in Brooksville, which is about a 50-mile drive north from Tampa, officials said. The store gets a '$4,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.' Triple Jackpot is a scratch-off game that requires matching the ticket numbers to a set of winning numbers. One of the game's four top prizes of $2 million remains. Lesser prizes in the game range from $10 to $10,000.
Miami Herald
21-02-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery player wins life-changing prize from Florida Publix. Where was ticket sold?
A lottery player turned a $10 ticket from a Publix in Florida into a $2 million top prize. Tracy Payne of Lake County has now claimed her windfall, the Florida Lottery announced Feb. 21. Payne bought her lucky Triple Jackpot scratch-off ticket at the Publix Super Market at Lake Harris in Leesburg. Then she beat the 1-in-4,552,695 odds of winning one of four top prizes of $2 million, leaving two left in the game, lottery officials said. The 58-year-old made the trip up to lottery headquarters in Tallahassee, where she chose to receive her windfall as a one-time payout of $1,209,700, according to the Florida Lottery. The grocery store received $4,000 for selling the ticket, officials said. Leesburg is about a 45-mile drive northwest from downtown Orlando.
