A $1 million winning lottery ticket has been sold in The Villages. The Florida Lottery has announced thay 64-year-old Hubert Wilkerson, 64, of Summerfeld, claimed the $1 million prize from the 500X THE CASH?Scratch-Off game at the Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.

Wilkerson chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000. Wilkerson purchased his winning ticket at Publix at Mulberry Grove in The Villages.

The retailer received a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The Florida Lottery confirmed the sale of a $1 million ticket in October at Discount Beverages and Smoke in Lady Lake, but that prize has yet to be claimed.

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