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Haines City man is $1 million richer after playing $10,000,000 FORTUNE Scratch-Off game

Posted on February 27, 2018

The Florida Lottery announces that Juan Manuel Gonzalez Romero, 34, of Haines City, claimed a $1 million prize in the $10,000,000 FORTUNE Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $792,000.00.

Gonzalez Romero purchased his winning ticket from BP Express, located at 501 Highway 17-92 North in Haines City. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $25 Scratch-Off game, $10,000,000 FORTUNE, features more than $623 million in total cash prizes, including 46 prizes of $1 million and four prizes of $10 million. The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-2.88.

Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 68 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $784 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2016-17.

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