TALLAHASSEE, Fla — A Brandon man won a $1 million prize from a Florida Lottery scratch-off ticket.
The Florida Lottery said Hoang Nguyen, 56, of Brandon, won $1 million on the $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR scratch-off ticket.
Nguyen brought the ticket from Saigon Market Place at 3842 W. Waters Avenue in Tampa.
The Lottery said Nguyen received a lump-sum payment of $640,000,000, and Saigon Market Place received a $2,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
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.
