Florida Lottery: Winning $1M lottery ticket sold at Marion County store
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MARION COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida man stopped at a Marion County store and purchased a winning $1 million scratch-off ticket, according to the Florida Lottery.
Officials said Peter Dulas, 68, of Lake Placid paid $30 for the Billion Dollar Gold Rush Supreme lottery game at the Ocala Stopping Center located at 7401 West Highway 318 in Reddick. He chose to take home his winnings in a one-time lump sum payment of $880,000.
The store will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.
The scratch-off game he played has one remaining top prize of $15 million and six more $1 million prizes, lottery records show.