A Florida man became a millionaire after spending just $30 on a scratch-off ticket.
According to Independent, a man from Florida who bought a scratch-off ticket for just $30 from a gas station became a millionaire on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, after the Florida lottery announced him as the winner.
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John Eichinger Jr. won the $15,000,000 Gold Rush Multiplier from a $30 scratch-off ticket from a Wawa at 1031 Dunlawton Avenue in Port Orange, just north of Orlando.
As per the officials, the 53-year-old man from Volusia County who bought the ticket in October 2024 decided to take a lump sum of $8,968,000 rather than smaller annual payments over 30 years. The store from where the man bought the ticket also received $30,000 for selling the winning ticket.
The Florida Lottery website said that Eichinger Jr was the first person to claim one of four $15 million scratch-offs. Another winning $15,000,000 Gold Rush Multiplier ticket was purchased at a Publix in Gainesville in January 2025. Now two of the top-prize Gold Rush Multiplier scratch-offs remain.
Notably, the probability of winning the lottery was almost one in 5.5 million.
As per the lottery officials, the Florida Lottery’s scratch-off games began in 1988, and during almost four decades, it has awarded more than $65.6 billion in prizes and earned almost $20 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund.
