A lucky man from Florida named Martin Ellinger won a whopping sum of $1 million playing the 500X THE CASH scratch-off game of Florida Lottery. 

The winning ticket was purchased from 7-Eleven, located at 7320 State Road 54 in New Port Richey. The store will receive a bonus of $10,000 for selling the winning scratch-Off ticket. 

The winner recently claimed his winning amount from the lottery headquarters and chose his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $820,000.00

The Florida Lottery is the government-operated lottery of the U.S. state of Florida.

Florida Lottery instant games range in price from $1 to $30, with higher priced tickets typically putting out a higher percentage of sales back into prizes. Payouts range from 58% to almost 77% of sales and average 70%.

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