Winner Claims Florida’s Largest Ever Scratch Off Ticket Prize

Author Geno

June 9th, 2022 8:18 AM

A trip to Circle K paid off big for George Demetriades. He bought a $50 scratcher and it turned out to be worth $25 million. That’s the largest prize ever won on a Florida Lottery scratch off ticket. The game he played was 500X THE CASH. He bought the scratcher at the Circle K on Bonita Beach Road in Bonita Springs, which is just south of Fort Myers. Demetriades ended up taking the lump sum payment. That means he walks away with a cool $20,560,000. The store gets $50,000 for selling the winning ticket.

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