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Florida woman wins $1 million prize playing Lottery scratch-off game

(Florida Lottery)

SARASOTA, Fla. – A woman is $1 million richer after playing the $5 Monopoly Doubler scratch-off game, the Florida Lottery announced this week.

According to Lottery officials, Nevine Ewadalla, 52, of Sarasota, claimed her prize at the Lottery’s Tampa District Office.

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She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $798,985.

Lottery officials said Ewadalla purchased her winning ticket from a Cattleridge BP gas station in her hometown.

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

“The $5 MONOPOLY DOUBLER scratch-off game launched on July 4, 2022, and features more than $493 million in cash prizes, including eight top prizes of $5 million!” the Florida Lottery said in a news release. “The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.98.”


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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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