Miami Lotto Winner Claims $1 Million Prize

TALLAHASSEE – A 50-year-0ld Miami man got an early holiday present when he traded his $5 Florida Lottery Holiday Bonus Scratch-Off ticket for a $1 million top prize.

Taylor Nash Schrader of the Florida Lottery told Patch that Leonidas Orlando showed up at the Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee Thursday to cash in his ticket.

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Orlando chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $710,000.00, according to Schrader.

He purchased his winning ticket from Lorio’s Music and Discount at 868 North Krome Avenue in Homestead. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $5 game, $1,000,000 Holiday Bonus, offers more than $54.5 million in prizes, including six top prizes of $1 million. The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-4.05.

Scratch-Offs are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, generating more than $871 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund during the 2017-18 fiscal year. Such sales account for 69 percent of ticket sales.

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