TAMPA, Fla. — A Tampa woman is about $1 million richer after buying a winning scratch-off ticket at a local gas station.
The Florida Lottery says 63-year-old Orlean Collins claimed one of the $1 million top prizes of the $1,000,00 MONEY TREE scratch-off game.
She chose to get her winnings in a lump sum totaling $880,000, according to a news release.
Collins bought the $5 ticket from Pebble Creek Fuel on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in Tampa. The gas station will get a $2,000 commission for selling the winning ticket.
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