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Green Cove Springs man claims $1 million prize in $10,000,000 FORTUNE Scratch-Off game
The Florida Lottery announces that Danny Tippett, 69, of Green Cove Springs, claimed a $1 million prize in the $10,000,000 FORTUNE Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
Tippett chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $792,000.00. He purchased his winning ticket from Winn-Dixie, located at 1545 Country Road 220 in Orange Park.
The $25 Scratch-Off game, $10,000,000 FORTUNE, launched in February 2016, and 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 65 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $734 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2015-16.
