The lucky young fellow took home a one-time cash payout of $281,874,999.Īlso, middle-aged Raymond Moyer and Robyn Collier of central Florida won half of $414 million Mega Millions jackpot in 2014. It was as well the fourth-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history. A 20-year old Shane Missler from Port Richey, a suburb of Tampa, won the January 2018 Mega Millions jackpot and the winning was at a massive $451 million.

This unexpected wealth allowed MacKenzie to trade her former rental unit in for a 6,322-square-foot home in Glen Kernan Country Club, a gated golf course community in southeast Jacksonville.Īnd it's not only senior Florida citizens who hit it big. Another lucky winner, 84-year-old Gloria MacKenzie hit a whopping $590.5 million Powerball jackpot, the second-largest lottery jackpot those days. Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt, who have lived in Melbourne Beach since 1991, were one of the three couples who shared history's biggest, $1.586 billion (Powerball) jackpot on January 2016 and were offered roughly $533 million before taxes as an annuity. Now, winning $10,000 a week may not look as flashy as winning half a billion dollars, but just think for a minute how secure it would make you feel- and it's for your whole lifetime.Īlthough winning half a billion dollars is not such a bad idea, after all.

For instance, Calvin Ciociola of Hawthorne was probably the most popular scratch-off game winner who won $10,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE in 2018. Thousands of smaller prizes were paid out recently too.

Over the past three years, more than five dozen Florida residents have significantly improved their financial health through the lottery winnings. A 59-year old retiree of Clearwater, Jason Chambers claimed a $2 million prize in the $10 HOLIDAY BONUS Scratch-Off game at the same time when Shawn Gnann of Eustis, won a $2 million prize in the WHEEL OF FORTUNE Scratch-Off game. February 2019 marked not just one but two $2 million lottery winners in Florida when 35-year-old Kathleen Knorr of Lehigh Acres claimed a $2,000,000 CASHWORD Scratch-Off prize.Ĭoincidentally, it happened straight after January 2019 brought another two $2,000,000 lottery prizes to Florida. Another Bonita Springs resident, Nancy Schettino, hit a $2 million top prize in the new $10 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC Scratch-Off game on February 26, 2019. Take a look at some of the latest top jackpots hit in Florida.Ī whopping $396.9 million Powerball lottery ticket was sold in Bonita Springs on Wednesday, January 29, 2020. Florida Lottery, Powerball and other lottery-based games have brought sudden wealth to quite a few residents. Over recent years Florida was a lucky place for the lottery players.

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