Million Dollar Scratch Off Sold In Clearwater
A million dollar scratch off was sold in Clearwater and it came from a $50 Florida Lottery scratch off ticket. Krenar Gavani purchased the $50 Year For Life Spectacular scratch off ticket and won $1 million. Now, he decided that he wanted his winnings as a one time lump sum payment. And that number is $640,000. If you were wondering where he purchased the million dollar scratch off from. It was purchased at the Race Trac, which is located at 2854 Gulf To Bay Boulevard. That is located pretty much right next to the Original Hooters. Congrats to the man who purchased that million dollar scratch off ticket.
The Top Prize Is Still Available To Be Won
The man won the $1 million prize. There were a total of 234 of those prizes for this particular game. There are still 165 of those prizes left. The top prize for this game is $1 million a year, for life. There are two total prizes for that. Both of the prizes are still out there to be won.
The Florida Lottery is celebrating 35 years. They say on their website, “The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $44 billion to enhance education and sending more than 950,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 99 percent of its revenue back into Florida’s economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,000 Lottery retailers and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $85.8 billion in prizes and made more than 3,566 people millionaires.”
[SOURCE: FOX 13]
10 Vintage VHS Tapes That Are Selling For Thousands
Vintage items like VHS tapes are becoming a hot commodity these days and they’re selling for a lot of money! You might have already gotten rid of all your VHS tapes but if you saved them you could make serious cash in right now. Most of us were pressured to get rid of our old VHS tapes. If you have them stored in the attic they could be worth thousands of dollars! As a matter of fact, classics like “Back to the Future” and the original “Fast and the Furious” are selling for a ton of money on eBay. It’s important to know that the condition of these tapes is key to their sale price. eBay sells around 250,000 VHS tapes every year and the amount keeps going up.
10 Vintage VHS Tapes Selling For Thousands:
VHS tapes best known as, Video Home System tapes, are iconic relics from the late 20th century. Back then they revolutionized home entertainment and many household would make a collection of their tapes over time. Many would use VHS tapes for watching movies and even use then to record their favorite television shows. Of course that was before the rise of DVDs and digital media. These VHS tapes played a pivotal role in media and left an massive mark on pop culture in general.
There’s a lot of nostalgia that comes a long with VHS tapes. Remember having to always rewind them after watching? And the always satisfying clunk as the tape slid inside as you get ready to watch. Even at Blockbuster they could charge a fee for returning tapes too late. Even if you didn’t rewind it before returning! Although, they’re not used much anymore VHS tapes remain an iconic symbol of a simple time that meant more then just pressing play to watch a movie.
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.
