ORLANDO, Fla. — Two Central Floridians are millionaires after each winning a $1 million prize from the $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR scratch-off game from the Florida Lottery.
Orange County resident Vernon Lee, 60, claimed his $1 million prize after purchasing his ticket from the Publix at 11286 Dowden Road in Orlando.
Meanwhile, Osceola County resident Jose Perez, 53, claimed his $1 million prize after purchasing his ticket from the 7-Eleven at 7605 Sinclair Road in Kissimmee.
Both men chose to receive their winnings as a one-time lump sum of $640,000.
Each store that sold the winning ticket received a $2,000 bonus commission.
The $50 game features two top prizes of $1 million a year for life and 234 prizes of $1 million, as well as more than $1.6 billion in cash prizes.
Scratch-off games made up 74% of ticket sales in the 2023-2024 fiscal year.
Since their inception, scratch-off games have generated more than $19.80 billion for the Education Enhancement Trust Fund and are responsible for contributing more than $48 billion to enhance education and sending more than one million students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program.
Additionally, since its inception, scratch-off games have awarded more than $65.5 billion in prizes, creating 2,283 millionaires.
Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $98.6 billion in prizes and made more than 4,200 people millionaires, according to lottery officials.
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