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Lottery: Pompano man has happy Easter, hits for $1 million prize
Trying his luck before heading to an Easter egg hunt provided profitable for Juan Alcocer, and I bet he hopped up and down like a bunny.
Alcocer, 36, of Pompano Beach, hit for $1 million Sunday in the Billion Dollar Blockbuster Scratch-Off game. He told Lottery officials on Monday that he stopped in to buy his ticket at Sample Road Operating, 250 E. Sample Road in Pompano Beach, before going to an Easter egg hunt.
The Billion Dollar Blockbuster Scratch-Off game has a top prize of $10 million. Tickets are $20 each. It's the seventh time the $1 million prize has hit, including last month for an 86-year-old Coconut Creek man.
The game launched on Feb. 24, but nobody has yet hit the $10 million prize. Odds of winning: 1-in 6,552,000. The odds of winning the $1 million are 1 in 546,000.
Alcocer (who declined further comment and the Lottery's photo op) chose the one-time, $650,000 lump-sum payment option. Lottery officials say Alcocer stated he worked in the construction industry.
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, early training for his...
Comments
How could you post about a person GAMBLING on Easter Sunday? The holiest of days?
This man is no better than the moneychangers centuries ago. Worse, even.
I hope he tithed.
Posted by: The love of God | April 13, 2009 4:12 PM
wonder why he turned down the photo op. probably wanted
Posted by: Chris D | April 13, 2009 4:33 PM
Oh, for the love of God, are you KIDDING me? LOL
Posted by: Painkiller Jeff | April 13, 2009 7:36 PM
No photo? That's one of the requirements of winning.
Probably an illegal, now he can go back home and live like a king.
Posted by: West Hollywood Dissident | April 14, 2009 12:07 AM
Seems to me many of the churches all run bingo on Sundays too. Oops, I forgot, bingo is NOT gambling.
Posted by: KCK | April 14, 2009 8:19 AM
Actually, he is not required to do the photo (the 86-year-old man about a month ago also declined, to back up my point). The person just has to claim the prize with the Lottery, which runs a quick check on him.
Our researcher, Barbara Hijek,also runs our own checks, which yielded no exceedingly newsworthy results.
Posted by: Nick Sortal | April 14, 2009 1:47 PM