A woman from New York had an incredible stroke of luck during her visit to Florida when she bought a scratch-off ticket in Deerfield Beach and won a whopping one million dollars.
Lynn Lamanno, a 58-year-old resident of Sayville, New York, recently emerged as the lucky winner of a $1 million top prize from the Florida Lottery’s MILLIONAIRE MAKER Scratch-Off game. Opting for a one-time, lump-sum payment, Lamanno received a substantial amount of $640,000.00 in winnings.
Lamanno purchased her lucky $5 ticket from the Wawa on 20 Southwest 12th Avenue in Deerfield Beach. The retailer received an additional $2,000 commission for selling the winning ticket.
The MILLIONAIRE MAKER game, which began in May, has six top rewards of $1 million. The game provides more than $79.3 million in cash prizes, with an overall winning chance of 1 in 3.87.
Scratch-off games account for about 74% of the Florida Lottery’s ticket sales.
Since scratch-off games were introduced, they have awarded a staggering $64.3 billion in prizes, making 2,230 individuals millionaires in the process. Moreover, these games have also contributed a significant sum of $19.5 billion to the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).