The lucky ticket was sold at a Publix grocery store on Curry Ford Road in Orlando. The player opted for Quick Pick, meaning a lottery machine randomly chose at least some of their ticket numbers, the Florida Lottery wrote on its website and in a news release.

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Coincidence? Of the 12 times a lottery jackpot hit $1 billion, 2 winning tickets were sold from a beachtown Publix in Florida, for $1.58 billion prize

The player hit the jackpot at a Publix grocery store in New Smyrna Beach, a roughly 55-mile drive northeast from Orlando. The person chose the Quick Pick option, meaning a lottery machine randomly selected at least some of their ticket numbers, the Florida Lottery wrote on its website and in a news release.

Body cam shows the moment a Powerball jackpot winner is tackled and tased by a Florida officer following a dispute. Just days after winning the Powerball with his mother in Kentucky, James Farthing was arrested on April 29 for allegedly assaulting an officer in Florida.

But there was a big winner from Florida, anyway. One Powerball ticket each matched 5 in Florida, California and Washington to win a $1 million prize. Powerball tickets start at $2 apiece.

Powerball is a multi-state, multimillion-dollar-jackpot game offered in 48 Lottery jurisdictions, including Florida. The game's starting jackpot is $20 million.

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One lucky ticket, which won a $36 million jackpot in August of 2023, expired before it was claimed. Two of the lottery jackpots won in Florida were Mega Millions and one was a Powerball jackpot.

Saturday’s first Fantasy 5 drawing brought happiness to two Broward supermarket shoppers via the numbers 5, 9, 19, 22 and 32. Those numbers were on tickets bought at a Miramar Publix, 18409 Miramar Pkwy, and a Pembroke Pines Sedano’s, 17171 Pines Blvd. Each ticket won $27,658.