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1 Million Dollar Lottery Ticket Discovered In Tupperware Container

It would be awesome if you found a 1 million dollar lottery ticket in a Tupperware container at your house. This isn’t Science Fiction, this happened. A lady in Portland…

1 Million Dollar Lottery Ticket

1 Million Dollar Lottery Ticket

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It would be awesome if you found a 1 million dollar lottery ticket in a Tupperware container at your house. This isn’t Science Fiction, this happened. A lady in Portland Oregon found a winning $1 million lottery raffle ticket and one of her Tupperware containers in her kitchen.

The crazy thing is that she forgot about it and what made her remember was the Powerball. The winner Leslie Carr, said, “I had no idea I was the winner. If it weren’t for the billion-dollar Powerball winner making news, I would have forgot. We don’t check our tickets.”

She Purchased The 1 Million Dollar Lottery Ticket And Didn't Check It

How do you buy a lottery ticket and then don’t check to see if you’ve won? If you’re gonna play the game, you gotta see if you won. So, she bought the 1 million dollar lottery ticket back in March and waited over a month before checking to see if she won.

The billion-dollar Powerball winner she is talking about happened earlier in April. A person from the state she is from, Oregon, won the jackpot worth more than $1.3 billion.

New Florida Lottery Games

The Florida Lottery just announced a new Florida lottery game of scratch offs where you have a chance to win big prizes of up to $10 million.  The new $20 Scratch-Off game, called the Gold Rush Legacy, offers different ways you can win big.   The new Florida lottery game has four $10 million prizes and 20 $1 million prizes.  Other big cash winnings from Gold Rush Legacy is $25,000, $10,000.00 and even $1,000.00.

The odds of winning one of the top prizes are 1-in-15,042,825, according to the lottery website.

In addition to these huge prizes, the Florida Lottery announced three other scratch-offs that offer players more chances to get rich.

The $5 Loteria Grande game offers six top prizes of $1 million. Players have a 1-in-3,035,560 chance to win one of these top prizes.   Florida Lottery players can also chose to play the $2 Win Win Win scratch-off game. This game offers eight top prizes of $50,000.  There is a 1-in-1,735,106 chance of winning this top prize.  Finally, the $1 Double It! game offers players a chance to win $5,000.

Scratch-Off games have brought in $18.39 billion for education ever since the Florida Lottery began offering them.

[SOURCE: WFLA]

This Is The Cheapest Grocery Store In Florida

If you are tired of spending a lot of money on groceries, you have come to the right article. " This Is The Cheapest Grocery Store In Florida ." This particular grocery store has some locations where I live in St. Petersburg but I have yet to shop there. I live alone and my bill is always over $200, so I could only imagine people with families.

How much is your weekly grocery bill? Feel free to email me to Babs@wild941.com. Is it just me or does it feel like groceries are more expensive this year, than they have been in previous years? According to research, we are right!

Are Americans Spending More Money On Groceries In 2024?

This Is The Cheapest Grocery Store In Florida

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According to research done by Ramsey Solutions, 58% of Americans are spending more on groceries this year over last year. Ramsey solutions says that food prices have jumped 2.6% over the past year. It's almost like we are now working just to eat. Food is important but you should not have to spend your whole check on feeding your family. I did this topic on the radio last week and there was a woman with a family of 4 who says she spends almost $1k on groceries every two weeks. She did say that she prefers the healthier and organic options when it comes to food. Yes, that makes a difference. However, you should not have to spend a fortune just to eat healthy.

Even though this is the cheapest grocery store in Florida, a lot of people still prefer to shop at Publix. Especially when they have some great BOGO's going on.

The Is The Cheapest Grocery Store In Florida

Ramsey solutions put together a list of the 10 cheapest grocery stores in America for 2024 . Below you will find 4 of the cheapest grocery stores in Florida. Do you shop at any of these? If not your probably will now!

Aldi

Aldi is the number one cheapest grocery store in America which would automatically make it the cheapest grocery store in Florida. There are many locations all across this great state. They keep their cost down by having customers rent baskets, not offering free bags and also customers have to bag their own groceries. Seems like a lot of work right? Well that's what keeps the cost down. They have great deals that change weekly, make sure y0u check their website.

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Trader Joes

Trader Joes is the 5th cheapest grocery store in America and the 2nd cheapest grocery store in Florida. There are so many Trader locations and yes I have actually shopped at Trader Joes before. They keep their prices down by mostly stocking their store brand, not paying for ad's and they also buy in volume. Make sure you check Trader Joe's website for their sale updates.

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Walmart

Walmart is the 3rd cheapest grocery store in Florida but the 7th cheapest in America. They keep their prices down because they have huge bargaining power with their suppliers. Also they sell so much they can afford lower prices. Check the Walmart website for all of their updates.

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Sam's Club

Sam's Club is the 10th cheapest grocery store in America, but the 4th cheapest grocery store in Florida. They keep their cost low by buying in bulk and charging membership fees. They also take advantage of their vendor relationship with Walmart. Check Sam's club website for all of their deals.

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Kevin is a member of Tampa Bay‘s Hometown Morning Krewe on 995 QYK. He has been with the station for 25 years, is a Tampa native, and went to Jesuit High School and USF. Go Bulls!. He is passionate about all things Tampa Bay. Kevin writes articles on the ongoing road projects around the Tampa Bay area, awards that Tampa Bay cities and businesses have won and country music happenings around the Bay area. He is always doing many things with his wife and kids. He loves to read books and play video games in his spare time.