Lottery: Pembroke Pines man, 67, hits $1.2 million Mega Money
George Summers, 67, of Pembroke Pines claimed the $1.2 million Mega Money jackpot drawn on Jan. 19.
Summers chose the one-time, lump-sum payment option for $839,322.31. The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased at Publix, located at 19441 Sheridan St. in Pembroke Pines.
The winning numbers were:
09 - 15 - 35 - 40 and the Megaball was 07
According to Summers, after purchasing his ticket, he placed it in his wallet and left it there for several days, lottery officials said. The next time he and his wife were at the grocery store, he remembered his ticket and asked the clerk to check it for him, according to a press release. Sure enough, his ticket matched all the winning numbers and Summers had won the $1.2 million.
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.
