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Tampa man wins $2,500 a week for life from scratch-off ticket

Published July 27, 2019
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TAMPA, Fla. (FOX 13) - A local man bought one pretty lucky scratch-off ticket: he's the first person to win the Florida Lottery's new "$2,500 a week for life" game.

According to lottery officials, 51-year-old Gregory Montgomery purchased the $5 ticket from Johan Food Mart in Tampa. 

Montgomery chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $2,015,000.

The "$2,500 a week for life" scratch-off tickets launched July 1. The odds of winning the top prize are one in 7.5 million.

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