BOCA RATON, Fla. (CBS12) — A man from Palm Beach County is a millionaire twice over after buying a winning ticket from the Florida Lottery.
The lottery announced Richard Awe, of Boca Raton, claimed a$2million top prize from the $2,000,000 BONUS CASHWORD scratch-off game.
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Awe, 34, showed up at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee with the winning ticket and chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,645,000.
He bought the ticket at a store in Miami, so Discount Food Stop — off Biscayne Boulevard near 108th Street — will get a $4,000 bonus commission for the sale.
The ticket cost $10 and the odds of winning something from $2,000,000 BONUS CASHWORD are one in 3.12.