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22-year-old man wins $1 million playing Florida Lottery scratch-off game

Alex Moreno, 22, of Auburn, claimed his $1 million prize this week at Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee. (Florida Lottery)

PENSACOLA, Fla. – An Alabama man won $1 million playing the 500X The Cash scratch-off game, Florida Lottery officials confirmed Friday.

Alex Moreno, 22, of Auburn, claimed his prize this week at Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.

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According to Lottery officials, Moreno chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $820,000.

Rundall purchased his winning ticket from a Food Mart in Cantonment, a suburb of Pensacola.

The business will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.

“The $50 game, 500X THE CASH, features a top prize of $25 million—the largest ever offered on a Florida Scratch-Off game—and the best odds to become an instant millionaire!” the Florida Lottery said in a news release. “The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-4.50.”


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Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born in Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida since 1994.

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