Lottery player in Florida turns $20 scratch-off ticket into a $1m win

A man from Florida tried his luck with a $20 scratch-off ticket and was pleasantly surprised to secure a whopping $1m prize.

Scratch-off ticket makes Osceola County man rich

On Wednesday this week, the Florida Lottery confirmed that an incredibly fortunate man from Osceola County won one of the million-dollar prizes from its GOLD RUSH LIMITED scratch-off game.

In a press release, the Lottery confirmed that the name of the winner is Andres Hoyos.

The lucky 40-year-old man, resident of Kissimmee, purchased his ticket at Key Food Supermarket on 2340 Fortune Road in Kissimmee.

To the surprise of the 40-year-old lottery player, he scored one of the remaining $1m prizes from GOLD RUSH LIMITED.

Currently, the Florida Lottery offers a range of different scratch-off games.

Such games, besides being popular, represent an important part of the Lottery's sales, considering that for the fiscal year 2023-2024, they represented approximately 74%.

Ever since the Lottery adopted scratch-off games, more than $64.3bn in prizes have been awarded to lucky players.

In addition, some 2,230 people became millionaires after buying scratch-off tickets from the Florida Lottery.

The 40-year-old Kissimmee resident who most recently scored a $1m win from the Lottery recently collected his prize.

Visiting the Lottery's District Office in Orlando, Hoyos selected the option to receive a one-time lump cash sum.

As a result, the fortunate winner's bank account grew by $795,000.00.

Key Food Supermarket, the retail outlet that sold Hoyos his winning ticket will benefit from a $2,000 bonus commission.

GOLD RUSH LIMITED offers plenty of top-tier prizes

Launched in September 2021, the GOLD RUSH LIMITED scratch-off ticket offers players a chance to win prizes between $20 and $5m.

The game offers overall odds of winning any prize of 1 in 2.65.

Initially, there were 32 top prizes of $5m each, but now only two such prizes remain in play.

The odds of winning $5m from the scratch-off game are 1 in 2,362,500.

On the other hand, winning a tier two prize of $1m, like the most recent win scored by the Osceola County man, offers odds of 1 in 756,000.

At the launch of GOLD RUSH LIMITED, there were 100 prizes of $1m each but now only nine such prizes remain in play.

A tier three prize from the $20 scratch-off game awards $100,000.

The odds of winning such a prize are 1 in 630,000 and only six out of 120 such prizes remain up for grabs.

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