Tourist who traveled to Florida wins $1M lottery prize with ticket bought at Walmart

A Texas tourer who traveled to Florida this twelvemonth ended up walking distant from the Sunshine State with substantially much wealth successful his slope account. 

The Florida Lottery announced that David Le, a Lone Star authorities native, precocious won a $1 cardinal prize.

Le, who lives successful Katy, Texas, was successful Cape Coral erstwhile helium purchased the winning summons astatine a Walmart Supercenter, according to the May 2 statement.

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Cape Coral is simply a much-visited tourer destination with hundreds of miles of canals for boaters. It besides offers proximity to the Gulf of America.

Le's prize amounted to $1 cardinal arsenic portion of the $1,000,00 A Year For Life Spectacular Scratch-Off Game.

A tourer from Texas near Florida importantly wealthier than erstwhile helium arrived by winning a $1 cardinal lottery prize. (iStock)

The 2 apical prizes for the crippled are $1 cardinal a twelvemonth for beingness — but Le won a one-time $1 cardinal prize.

The crippled offers 234 prizes of $1 million. 

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The chances of winning immoderate prize are 1-in-4.50.

The tourist's winnings were somewhat diminished erstwhile helium opted to judge the prize arsenic a lump-sum payment.

The Texas tourer won the six-figure sum by playing a scratch-off game. (iStock)

"He chose to person his winnings arsenic a one-time, lump-sum outgo of $640,000.00," the Florida Lottery noted successful its property release.

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"The retailer received a $2,000 bonus committee for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket."

The Florida Lottery describes its scratch-off games arsenic being "an important portion of the Lottery's portfolio of games, comprising astir 74% of summons income successful fiscal twelvemonth 2023-2024."

Cape Coral, Florida, is celebrated for its boating scene, offering hundreds of miles of canals. (iStock)

The lottery noted that "since inception, Scratch-Off games person awarded much than $65.5 cardinal successful prizes, created 2,283 millionaires, and generated much than $19.80 cardinal for the state's Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF)."

The announcement came weeks aft a stateless antheral successful California won $1 cardinal done a lottery summons purchased astatine a liquor store.

The tourist's winnings were somewhat diminished erstwhile helium opted to judge the prize arsenic a lump-sum payment. (iStock)

"I was truthful excited, adjacent much than him," the liquor store's proprietor told the Los Angeles Times successful April.

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"He’s a bully person. He deserves each penny. I was precise excited it happened to a idiosyncratic who deserved it, and helium really needed it."