VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A Volusia County man is a millionaire after winning $1 million from the JEOPARDY! scratch-off game from the Florida Lottery.
John Sinclair, of Edgewater, claimed the $1 million top prize after purchasing his ticket from the Winn-Dixie, located at 1838 South Ridgewood Avenue in Edgewater.
The 66-year-old chose to receive his winnings as a one-time lump-sum payment of $640,000.
The store that sold the winning ticket received a $2,000 bonus commission.
The $5 game features 10 top prizes of $1 million, with more than $64.3 million in total cash prizes, and more than 4.7 million winning tickets.
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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