CLERMONT, Fla. – A Clermont man became the latest winner of a Florida Lottery scratch-off game.
John McPherson, 38, claimed a million-dollar prize Tuesday at Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.
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McPherson purchased a 500X the Cash scratch-off game at the Publix on South U.S. Highway 27 in Clermont. The store will get a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.
The 500X the Cash game, which costs $50, has a top prize of $25 million, the largest ever offered on a Florida scratch-off game.
According to the Florida Lottery website, the scratch-off has already paid out one $25 million prize, and has one more available.
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It also has about 22 $1 million prizes left to pay out. Odds of winning one of those prizes is 1-in-267,739.
The smallest cash prize is $100.
The overall chance of winning anything from the scratch-off is 1-in-4.50.
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