Summary
- A fortunate player won a million-dollar prize in the $1,000,000 A Year for Life Spectacular scratch-off game.
- A resident of Brandon won $1 million from a $50 scratch-off game.
- Scratch-off tickets still offer prizes ranging from $100 to $1 million.
Earlier this week, a resident of Brandon, Florida, won a second-tier prize in the popular $1,000,000 A Year for Life Spectacular scratch-off game.
The fortunate lottery player did not disclose if he had plans for the big win
The Florida Lottery announced that a 56-year-old man has won a life-altering prize of $1 million after trying his luck with a $50 scratch-off ticket. This was indeed a lucky day for the lottery player, given that the odds of winning $1 million from the '$1,000,000 A Year for Life Spectacular' scratch-off game are 1 in 185,709. The winner, a resident of Hillsborough County, purchased the ticket at Saigon Market Place, located at 3842 W. Waters Avenue in Tampa. As a result of selling the winning ticket, the retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus. The man from Brandon recently visited the Lottery's headquarters in Tallahassee to claim his prize. He chose to take a one-time lump sum payment of $640,000. While he collected his life-changing prize, the winner did not disclose any specific plans for his newfound wealth.
Lottery players can win prizes between $100 and $1m from the $50 scratch-off ticket
The $50 scratch-off ticket is part of the Florida Lottery's A Year for Life Spectacular series, which offers tickets starting at $2. The overall odds of winning any prize in the $1,000,000 A Year for Life Spectacular scratch-off game are 1 in 4.5. Initially, the game featured a total of 234 prizes of $1 million each. After the most recent win, 55 tier-two prizes of $1 million each are still available. Although no top prizes remain, the scratch-off ticket offers 86 prizes of $50,000 each, with odds of winning being 1 in 120,711. A tier-four prize offers $20,000 with odds of 1 in 20,091, and there are 507 such prizes available. In the lower prize tiers, there are thousands of prizes ranging from $10,000 to $1,000. The odds of winning a $500 prize are 1 in 48, with over 225,000 such prizes still available. The smallest prize a player can win in this popular scratch-off game is $100, with over 2.01 million prizes in play and odds of 1 in 5.
