A man from Jacksonville, Florida, got the surprise of his life when he went out to buy cigarettes at a store and left there a millionaire. And it is that once he was there he decided to try his luck with a scratch-off lottery ticket, which contained a jackpot.
The state lottery said that the man, named Rakeem Jordan, of 32 years old, originally from the city of Jacksonville, purchased his winning ticket at the Smokers Plus cigar store, which is located on Atlantic Boulevard.
The scratch-off lottery ticket was from the game ‘500X THE CASH’, as reported by News Channel 8 news portal.
Instead of receiving his total award in annuities, Jordan asked to be given the money in a single cash payment that was $820 thousand dollars, after paying the required state and federal taxes.
The cigar store who sold you the ticket will receive a nice bonus commission of $2,000 dollars, according to the state lottery.
The lottery game –of the type scratch na– has a cost of $50 dollars and offers a maximum prize of $25 million dollars . The odds of winning any prize of any amount in this game are 1 in 4.5.
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