LUTZ, Fla. — A Lutz man just scored the ultimate prize after purchasing a scratch-off card from a local Publix.
The Florida Lottery said Wilfredo Soto, 63, won a $1 million prize while playing the $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR Scratch-Off game. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000.00 at the lottery's Tampa District Office.
Soto bought his $50 ticket from Publix on Van Dyke Road in Lutz. The grocery store received a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.
The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-4.50.
Pasco County woman trying to rebuild mobile home after hurricanes
"I cried, of course, because I've worked very hard getting it nice, which has been difficult for me since I lost my husband and being alone,” Kelly Welty said.
Welty's mobile home lost its roof during Hurricane Milton. She said it was the only one in the Buena Vista community to get totaled by a tornado.
