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Lottery Ticket Purchase in Carrollwood Leads to $1 Million Win

The scratch off ticket was purchased at a Publix at 15151 N. Dale Mabry Highway in Carrollwood.

This just in from the Florida Lottery:

The Florida Lottery announces that John Roehrs, 50, of Tampa, claimed a $1 million top prize in the 50X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee. Roehrs chose to receive the winnings in a one-time, lump-sum payment of $800,000. He purchased his winning Scratch-Off ticket at Publix, located at 15151 North Dale Mabry Highway.

The $10 game, 50X THE CASH, offers a top prize of $1,000,000, and five $1,000,000 top prizes remain. The overall odds of winning are one in 3.46.

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Players can enter non-winning CASH tickets in the $10,000 E-X-treme Cash Second Chance Promotion on the Lottery’s website. In each drawing, 20 players will win a $500 cash prize, and one lucky player will win a $10,000 cash prize. Two second chance drawings remain and will be held on August 15 and September 5.

The Florida Lottery offers approximately 60 Scratch-Off games at any given time through instant ticket vending machines or on-counter displays at more than 13,000 retailers statewide. Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, making up approximately 58 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $495 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2011-12.

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