Miramar man hits Mega Money for $500,000
The Florida Lottery today announced that Peterson Acluche, 52, of Miramar, claimed the Oct. 27 $500,000 Mega Money jackpot.
According to a press release, Acluche chose the one-time, lump-sum payment option for $351,705.25. He bought the ticket at Skylake Citgo, located at 1590 N.E. Miami Gardens Drive in Miami. The retailer received $1,000.
The winning numbers were: 04 - 11 - 12 - 16 and the Megaball was 07
According to Acluche, he found out he won two days after the drawing when he checked his numbers.
“My wife didn’t believe me at first,” he told Lottery officials. “She only believed me when she saw the numbers on the computer.” Acluche plans to use his winnings to buy his wife the car of her dreams and help his fellow church members.
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.
