86-year-old Coconut Creek man wins $1 million in lottery
An 86-year-old Coconut Creek man claimed a $1 million prize at Florida Lottery headquarters Monday morning, according to the lottery.
The man, Murray Eisenberg, purchased his winning ticket from Publix, located at 4760 W. Hillsboro Blvd. in Coconut Creek.
Eisenberg won in the Billion Dollar Blockbuster Scratch Off. Joanna Raulerson, 52, of Fruitland Park, also won. It's the second and third Lottery players to claim a $1 million prize in the recently launched Scratch-Off game, which costs $20 per ticket.
Lottery officials described Eisenberg as a "very private" person. By state law, lottery winners' names are public, and the Lottery e-mails a mass-media release after each winner to let the public know when a prize has been awarded, officials said.
Eisenberg chose a $650,000 one-time lump-sum payment rather than $50,000 a year for 20 years.
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
