Lucky Polk County woman's $20 Publix trip turns into $1 million lottery win
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HAINES CITY, Fla. - A lucky Polk County woman purchased a $20 scratch-off ticket from Publix, which turned out to be a whopping $1 million win!
Mary Curatolo claimed the winning $5,000,000 Triple Match scratch-off ticket at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee, the Florida Lottery announced Thursday. The woman from Haines City chose to receive her prize as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $664,198.
She purchased the winning ticket from Publix at 617 US Highway 17-92 in Haines City. The grocery store will also get a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.
Also in Polk County, a winning Fantasy 5 ticket worth nearly $58,000 was sold at a gas station. More on that here.
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