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Plant City man claims $3 million Mega Millions prize

Pericles Procopis bought the winning ticket at an Orlando gas station.
Credit: ERIC BARADAT/AFP/Getty Images
A woman buys Mega Millions tickets hours before the draw of the $1.6 billion jackpot, at a liquor store in Downtown Washington DC, on October 23, 2018.

A Plant City man has claimed the $3 million prize he won in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing.

Sure, it wasn't the $1.5 billion jackpot won in South Carolina, but it's still a healthy amount.

Pericles Procopis, 53, matched all five white ball numbers -- but missed the Mega Ball, according to the Florida Lottery.

Lotter officials said Procopis bought the ticket at a RaceTrac gas station in Orlando.

The gas station gets a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

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