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19-year-old pays $10 for lottery ticket, wins $2 million prize in Florida

Store where winning lottery ticket was purchased in Jupiter, Fla.
Store where winning lottery ticket was purchased in Jupiter, Fla.
Aug 25, 2016

Isaias Ruiz Garcia, 19, of Jupiter, claimed a $2 million prize on Saturday afternoon at Country Corner Market & Deli, located on Central Boulevard in Jupiter.

"He’s a quiet man. He comes in here and plays every day. When I told him he won, he did not jump up and down. He just smiled," said the store manager.

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Garcia won playing the Flamingo Multiplier scratch-off game. Tickets are $10.

Ruiz Garcia chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,510,000.

Country Corner will receive a $4,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket, according to Florida Lottery officials.

Read more at The Palm Beach Post.

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