Florida teen claims whopping $1M lottery prize from scratch-off game
Credit: Florida Lottery
A Broward County teenager is $1 million richer after winning the top prize in a Florida lottery scratch-off game.
Hyury Oliveira, 19, of Pompano Beach, walked out of the A&J Seabra Supermarket at 839 West Sample Road in Deerfield Beach as a millionaire.
Oliveria brought a winning $1,000,000 a year for life spectacular lottery ticket for $50. The game features two top prizes of $1 million a year for life and 234 prizes of $1 million. The lottery ticket also comprises more than $1.6 billion in cash prizes.
The odds of winning the scratch-off game for the $1 million prize are 1-in-21,727,995.
Oliveria is not the only winner. The A&J Seabra Supermarket was given a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.