Coral Springs man hits for $1.6 million in Mega Money
The Florida Lottery announced today that Mega Money winner Donald Muller, 65, of Coral Springs, claimed the $1.6 million jackpot drawn on June 18.
Muller chose the one-time, lump-sum payment option of $1,162,562.40. Muller said he plays the Lottery regularly and checks his tickets every week, but this is his first big win, according to a lottery press release.
“I checked the newspaper for all the winning numbers but I did not have the Saturday newspaper. I quickly headed to Publix to check my numbers and was shocked to find out that I had the winning ticket,” he told officials.
The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased at the Publix, located at 2201 N. University Drive in Coral Springs. The retailer received a bonus incentive of $1,000.
The winning numbers were: 23-30-31-32 and the Megaball was 3
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.
