Florida Lottery Sees Multiple $1M Winners This Week

Benjamin Ramirez Gomez, a 31-year-old Cape Coral resident, claimed a $1 million top prize from the Florida Lottery's Loteria Grande scratch-off game after purchasing a $5 ticket at a 7-Eleven on Santa Barbara Boulevard. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time lump-sum payment of $640,000. The retailer received a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket. The Loteria Grande game features over $62 million in cash prizes and six top prizes of $1 million, with overall odds of winning at 1-in-3.97. The Florida Lottery notes that scratch-off games are a significant source of ticket sales and have contributed billions to educational funding across the state. This win marks another instance of recent million-dollar prizes being claimed in Southwest Florida.