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Nov 26, 2004, 12:16 pm (2 comments)
One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $60 million, lottery officials said Thursday.
The winning ticket was bought in the city of Altamonte Springs, officials said.
Convenience store clerk Jose Sotomayor said the person who bought the winning ticket at a Cumberland Farms had not come back Thursday. But many other customers had him look at their tickets.
"I tell them and they rush to their cars, grab their ticket and come back for me to check their ticket. But no luck," he said. "It's fun to know that I helped someone win $60 million."
A total of 291 tickets matched five numbers to win $4,609; 16,240 tickets matched four numbers for $67; and 331,901 tickets matched three numbers for $4.50.
The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Wednesday: 7-8-28-29-31-33.
Lottery Post Staff
The winner has 60 days from the DRAWING to choose cash.
"But many other customers had him look at their tickets."
People like this tick me off! If you think you bought your ticket at the store that sold the winning ticket and think you may have a good chance of being the winner, couldn't you at least put in a little effort and check the damn numbers yourself. Isn't that minute of your time worth a shot at $60 million. One of these times some clerk is not going to be so honest and might try to scam someone out of a big jackpot win because someone was too damn lazy to check the ticket for her/himself.
Even if you 100% trusted the clerk, why would you give him or her the ticket to check? If you are the winner the terminal will indicate that you at least won more than $600 if not come right out say you are the jackpot winner, you will have been outed. I wouldn't want anyone knowing I was the winner until I talked to an attorney and an accountant and got my ducks in a row. If someone knows before that, it will be all over the place and might cause you headaches you don't want. Just another reason to check your own numbers.