By Todd Northrop
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A U.S. man who won a multimillion-dollar jackpot playing the Florida Lotto has done it again.
The Florida Lottery says 67-year-old James Bozeman Jr., of Orlando, has claimed a $3 million jackpot from the drawing held on Aug. 31, 2013.
Bozeman chose to receive his winnings in annual payments of $100,000.00 for the next 30 years.
Last year, Bozeman claimed a $10 million jackpot.
He purchased both winning tickets from the same convenience store — 7-Eleven, located at 5650 Hansel Avenue in Edgewood.
The retailer received a bonus commission of $15,000 for selling this jackpot-winning ticket and a $40,000 bonus for selling last year's jackpot-winning ticket. All Florida Lottery retailers receive a bonus commission for selling jackpot-winning FLORIDA LOTTO tickets. The bonus commission starts at $10,000 and increases by $5,000 with each rollover.
Bozeman says he started using a different set of numbers since the last time he won and is looking forward to picking a third lucky set for the next drawing.
The winning numbers for the Aug. 31 drawing were 10, 11, 12, 17, 28, and 46, with Xtra number 4?.
The next Florida Lotto drawing will be Saturday night, Nov. 2, at 11:15 p.m. ET, with a $24 million jackpot. The winning numbers will be published on Lottery Post's Florida Lottery Results page soon after the drawing.
WOW!!!!!! Congratulation Mr. Bozeman
...67 year old man,
...won $10M last year,
...claimed $3M this year, and chose 30yr annuity{dreaded and cursed on LP},
...hmmm....paradigm shift?. CONGRATULATIONS LUCKY DUDE!!!.
I didn't understand his choice of the annuity either. But good for him. Maybe I need to start buying tickets like a retiree.
How does a "retiree" buy lottery tickets?
WTG! Very lucky man!!! :)
Legitimate question.
When was the last time you saw a 20 something claiming a jackpot? It would seem that the people winning are much older- consider another Floridian named Gloria * 84 years old who won a boatload with a single ticket.
Whatever the reason l congratulate this individual. As " OnlyMoney" puts it " 99.9 percent of folk will never win in their lifetime- this person has done it twice, what does that tell you?
Anything is possible.
* l think he took the annuity so he could leave the " rest" to family who do survive him- imho.
Nobody noted yet that he won by playing the same numbers every drawing.
Too bad he doesn't have that much time left to live to enjoy the money.
That's becuase most old folks have nothing else to do so they spend more time playing the lotto and bingo. Younger people do win jackpots but there is hardly any news about them. Just last year there was a 28 year od who won $35 million in Toronto, and a 22 yeard old winning $30 million in meag millions.
Congratulations, Mr. Bozeman.
At this point, he can probably afford to buy his namesake town in Montana.
I didn't see in the article whether he had also taken the annuity on the previous win. I hope he took the cash value on the first one, unless he's planning to buy a whole lotta Geritol when he's 99.
Led Zep: "Wanna whole lotta Geritol..."
Isn't that how it goes?
I think he mentioned using a different set of numbers on this recent win Todd ( 7th para) and plans changing it again for his next win
At least that is how it looks to me, but as always l am open to correction.
True Greg- but it seems more newsworthy when one reads that these 20 somethings blew it all away on drugs, fast cars & mansions.
No, I'm aware in the article it mentions that -- I wrote the article.
I'm saying that nobody mentioned it so far in the comments. Seems to me to be one of the most important points in the story.
Very carefully,
after all you may be on a fixed income. LOL