Lottery player turns $20 scratch-off ticket into multi-million dollar prize in Florida
A stroke of good luck led to a lottery player winning a multi-million dollar prize off a scratch-off game in Florida, lottery officials said.
Jessica Callihan, of Alabama, turned a $20 Gold Rush Legacy ticket into a $10 million win, the Florida Lottery announced in a Nov. 18 news release.
She bought her lucky ticket from a Cumberland Farms convenience store on Perdido Key near Pensacola, according to the release.
Although the game launched in April, Callihan is the only one to win a $10 million top prize so far, records show.
She chose to take her winnings home as a one-time payment of $6.03 million, lottery officials said.
Three out of four top prizes remain, and the odds of winning are 1 in 15,042,825, according to the lottery website.
The game also has 13 $1 million dollar prizes remaining and other prizes ranging from $20 to $25,000. The overall odds of winning are 1 in 2.97.
This story was originally published November 18, 2024 at 1:10 PM with the headline "Lottery player turns $20 scratch-off ticket into multi-million dollar prize in Florida."
