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Florida was the place to be for one lotto winner

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Friday, 22 May 2009 12:05

A lotto player in Florida has bagged themselves a cash prize of $1 Million, when they scratched away some lucky number on a lotto scratch card, called the $600 Million High Roller game.

The $600 Million High Roller scratch card was launched by the lottery in Florida on 21 January 2008 and is said to award over $600,000,000 in cash prizes.

The $600 Million High Roller lotto scratch card cost players $30, but the prizes that can be won are considered to be top prizes and the odds are extremely good.

The most recent winner of the lotto scratch card was Mohammad Qureshi, who is 63 years of age. It was heard that Mr Qureshi opted to take his lotto win as a cash lump sum, which is said to be worth $715,670, which will see him financially stable for the rest of his life.

A 52 year old woman known as Cathy Petty, also from Florida, is celebrating her lucky lotto scratch card win where she won a $10,000 cash prize for revealing her lucky numbers. Cathy Petty's lucky lotto win was on a scratch card called the Billion Dollar Blockbuster game, which is also said to have good odds of getting a winning ticket.