A 24-year-old Orlando woman recently became a millionaire thanks to a $10 scratch-off lottery ticket she bought at a local supermarket.
On Thursday, December 5, the Florida Lottery announced that Orlando resident Dominic Valerio visited the Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee to claim a $2 million top prize from the TRIPLE 777 scratch-off game.
Valerio chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,280,000.
The winning scratch-off ticket was purchased by Valerio at the Publix located at 12195 S Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando. The retailer received a bonus commission of $4,000 for selling the winning ticket.
The $10 scratch-off game, TRIPLE 777, features over six million winning tickets and a total of $158.8 million in cash prizes, including eight top prizes of $2 million. The overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.51, according to lottery officials.
For more information, visit the Florida Lottery online.
Earlier this week, the Florida Lottery announced that a 68-year-old Kissimmee man turned $150 into more than $1 million after winning three separate prizes from the 500X THE CASH scratch-off game.