A Florida woman has claimed the top prize on a scratch-off ticket after a stop at a Winn Dixie made her rich.
The Florida Lottery announced that Heather Walters, 56, of Zephyrhills, claimed a $1 million top prize from the $5 GOLD RUSH SUPREME Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $880,000.00.
”When I realized I had a match, I began slowly scratching to reveal what the prize was,” Walters explained to the Lottery. ”At first, I thought I had won $1,000, then $100,000 – imagine my shock when I kept scratching to reveal three more zeros!”
Walters went on to share that playing the Lottery is a favorite pastime of hers and her lifelong best friend. They enjoy the fun of playing, and were overjoyed to share in the excitement of winning such a large prize.
Walters purchased her winning ticket from Winn-Dixie, located at 36348 State Road 54 in Zephyrhills.
The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $5 GOLD RUSH SUPREME game launched in January and features more than $199 million in cash prizes, including 24 top prizes of $1 million! The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-3.97.
Players can also enter non-winning GOLD RUSH SUPREME tickets into the Gold Rush Supreme Bonus Play Promotion! In each of the eight drawings, one player will win a growing jackpot prize starting at $10,000, five players will each win $5,000, 15 players will each win $1,000, and 20 players will each win $500.
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