St. Pete Man Wins Big From Popular Lottery Game

A man in St. Petersburg won the $1 million prize by playing a popular lottery game. The popular lottery game he played was the $5 Gold Rush Doubler scratch-off game. What I find interesting is the place where he actually purchased the scratch-off ticket. He purchased it at Wildwood Meat Market on 28th St., South in St. Pete. Wildwood Meat Market is a butcher shop. Usually, you go to the convenience store or Publix and then you pick up a scratch-off ticket there. This guy picked it up at a butcher shop and ended up winning $1 million. Well, not quite $1 million he chose to receive his winnings as a lump sum payment of $685,000. And the butcher shop got $2,000 as a bonus commission for selling that winning scratch-off ticket.

The $1 million prize is the top prize for this game and there are still eight of those scratch-off tickets remaining to be won. There are also $1, $2, and $10 versions of the same game.

The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $46 billion to enhance education and sending more than 983,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 99 percent of its revenue into Florida's economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,500 Lottery retailers, and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $89 billion in prizes and made more than 3,700 people millionaires. "We believe in a brighter future, and we hope all our players take pride in knowing that every ticket played is a win for education. Over the past 22 years, the Florida Lottery has contributed more than $1 billion per year to education, keeping our focus on empowering students and facilitating brighter futures.”