Florida Man Buys $1 Million Scratch-Off Ticket
SAINT PETERSBURG, Florida - The Florida Lottery announced that Peter Dziadul, 54, of St. Petersburg, claimed a $1 million prize from the 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at the Lottery's Tampa District Office.
DT Pinellas County man chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000.00.
Dziadul purchased his winning ticket from Reliance Food Mart, located at 5405 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North in St. Petersburg. The retailer received a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $50 Scratch-Off game, 500X THE CASH, features over 10 million winning tickets, with a top prize of $25 million.
The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-4.23.