Palm Bay Woman Wins $1 Million Playing $10,000,000 Florida Cash Scratch-Off Game

By  //  November 7, 2015

Laura Aviles wins lottery

The Florida Lottery announces that Laura Aviles, 39, of Palm Bay, claimed a $1 million prize in the $10,000,000 FLORIDA CASH Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee. (Florida Lottery image)
The Florida Lottery announces that Laura Aviles, 39, of Palm Bay, claimed a $1 million prize in the $10,000,000 FLORIDA CASH Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee. (Florida Lottery image)

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – The Florida Lottery announces that Laura Aviles, 39, of Palm Bay, claimed a $1 million prize in the $10,000,000 FLORIDA CASH Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.

Aviles chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $742,333.46.

She purchased her winning ticket from Sam’s Discount Beverage, located at 370 South Wickham Road in West Melbourne. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $25 game, $10,000,000 FLORIDA CASH, features more than 11 million winning tickets and more than $624 million in total cash prizes! The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-2.88.

Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 67 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $632 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2014-15.

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ABOVE MAP: Laura Aviles purchased her winning ticket from Sam’s Discount Beverage, located at 370 South Wickham Road in West Melbourne.