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Lottery: Miramar man wins $1 million in scratch-off
Sayed Eltahir of Miramar doesn't waste any time: He hit for $1 million Thursday night and drove right to Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee to claim it this morning.
“The whole family is so excited,” he said, according to Lottery officials. (I'm trying to reach him to get more from him.)
Big winners have to go to Tallahasse, claim the prize in person and the Lottery does due diligence on them.
The 52-year-old won in the Billon Dollar Blockbuster Scratch-Off game. He's the ninth player to hit a $1 million prize; a Leesburg man hit the $10 million earlier in the week (see below).
Eltahir chose the one-time, lump-sum payment option of $650,000. He purchased his winning ticket from Frank’s Deli, 2100 45th St., Suite B-26 in West Palm Beach.
The new $20 Scratch-Off game, offers the highest cash payout of any game in the Lottery’s 21-year history. The game launched on Feb. 24, and features more than $1 billion in prizes, including 10 instant-win prizes of $10 million.
Meanwhile, The Ressor Family Revocable Trust claimed the first $10 million top prize in Billion Dollar Blockbuster.
Vincent Grosser, of Leesburg, is the sole member of the trust. The Ressor Family Revocable Trust chose the annuity payment option for the winnings in the amount of $500,000 for the next 20 years. The winning ticket was purchased from Texaco Mini Mart, located at 3277 N. U.S. Highway 441/27 in Fruitland Park, the Lottery said.
Nine $10 million top prizes still remain to be won.
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