Palm Beach County woman among $1 million raffle winners
Kristen Gallant, 35, of Greenacres was among three $1 million winners to come forward late Monday afternoon.
The game was called the Firecracker Millionaire Raffle. Rather than try to match numbers, the Lottery guaranteed seven $1 million winners on July 4. It's the state's fifth annual millionaire raffle.
Gallant, who frequently plays Florida Lottery games, said she usually doesn’t check her tickets right away to see if she is winner, but this time she had a lucky feeling, she told Lottery officials.
“I had to look twice at the computer screen, I just couldn’t believe it,” Gallant said in the Lottery's release. She purchased her raffle ticket at Shell Gas Station, located at 5050 Lake Worth Road in Greenacres.
The two others announced were James Kenneth Bush, 50, of South Daytona, and Stephen Quinley, 35, of Jacksonville.
In the regular Florida Lottery, some weeks might yield a winner, and some might not. But in a raffle, winners are guaranteed.
A limited number (750,000) of tickets, at $20 each, were sold to make the prize pool. The odds of winning $1 million were 1-in-107,143. The game also was set up to have nine $50,000 winners, 11 $5,000 winners and 1,000 players with $500.
For more information about the promotion or the Florida Lottery, visit www.flalottery.com.


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