Lottery ticket worth $1 million sold at a Florida gas station. Here’s where
A Florida lottery player netted a life-changing prize after a trip to RaceTrac.
Gail Riola, 67, of North Port, won $1 million on a 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game, the Florida Lottery said in a Nov. 13 news release.
She bought the lucky ticket at the RaceTrac on Tamiami Trail in North Port, officials said. The gas station received a $2,000 commission for selling the winning ticket.
Riola claimed her winnings at the Lottery’s Fort Myers District Office, choosing a lump sum payment of $640,000, after taxes, the release said.
The lucky player beat odds of 1 in 274,004 to win the game’s second-tier prize, according to the lottery’s website. Two top prizes worth an estimated $25 million remained in the 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game as of Nov. 13.
Riola didn’t say how she plans to spend her winnings.
North Port is about a 90-mile drive south from Tampa.