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Lucky Florida Lottery player Andrew Smith won a cool $1 million playing a $1,000,000 A Year For Life Spectacular instant-win ticket. The 55-year-old from Lady Lake bought his winning scratch-off at Winn-Dixie, located at 820 Old Camp Road in The Villages. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.
Andrew traveled to the Florida Lottery's Gainesville District Office to collect his winnings. He chose to take home a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000.00.
Other Florida winners with $1,000,000 A Year For Life Spectacular
Florida Lottery players are very fortunate this season. Just two weeks ago, 69-year-old Glen Thaxton of Panama City struck it lucky playing the $1,000,000 a Year for Life Spectacular scratch-off game. Glen also won a $1 million prize and took home a one-time lump-sum payment of $640,000.
Glen purchased his winning ticket from Front Beach Road Foot Mart, located at 11214 Front Beach Road in Panama City Beach.
It was also a lucky time of year for Qiriako Kaci, from Monroe County. He also won $1 million playing the $1,000,000 a Year for Life Spectacular scratch-off game. The 57-year-old chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000.00. He purchased the ticket from New Mart, located at 900 Caroline Street in Key West.
How to play $1,000,000 A Year For Life Spectacular
This is a $50 scratch-off ticket with a top prize of $1 million a year for life. To play, simply scratch off the 10 stacks of cash symbols to reveal the winning numbers. Then, scratch off the 35 gold dollar symbols to reveal your numbers. If any of your numbers match the winning number, you win the prize amount shown. Reveal a 5X, 10X, 20X, 50X, 100X, or 500X symbol and multiply your prize by that amount. Match any of your numbers to the $500 bonus number and instantly win $500. Match any of your numbers to the Double All Winnings Bonus and double all your winnings. The price range for this game is $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $20,000, $50,000, $1 million, and $1 million a year for life (for a minimum of 25 years).
If you don't win the first time, hold onto your ticket. You can enter your non-winning $1 million playing the $1 million A Year For Life Spectacular ticket into the Free Ride & Fuel For Life Bonus Play.
About the Florida Lottery
Since its inception in 1988, the Florida Lottery has contributed more than $45 billion to help education and has sent more than 983,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery has also helped more than 3,800 lottery players become millionaires.
Good luck playing $1,000,000 A Year For Life Spectacular. Don't forget to play responsibly this holiday.
