Seminole County man turns $50 into $1M with winning scratch-off ticket; see where it was sold

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — A Seminole County is a millionaire after winning a $1 million prize from the $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR scratch-off game form the Florida Lottery.

Antonio Redden claimed the $1 million prize after purchasing his ticket from Kevin’s Corner Store, located 2001 South French Avenue, in Sanford.

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The 56-year-old chose to receive is winnings as a one-time lump-sum payment of $640,000.

The store that sold the winning ticket received a $2,000 bonus commission.

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The $50 game launched in February and features two top prizes of $1 million a year for life and 234 prizes of $1 million, as well as more than $1.6 billion in cash prizes.

Scratch-off games made up 72% of ticket sales in the 2022-2023 fiscal year.

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Since their inception, scratch-off games shave generated more than $18.39 billion for the Education Enhancement Trust Fund, and is responsible for contributing more than $45 billion to enhance education and sending more than 983,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program.

Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $91.2 billion in prizes and made more than 3,800 people millionaires, according to lottery officials.

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