A $2 million Florida Lottery ticket was bought at a South Florida Publix
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Joan Gonzalez Tamarit, 26, bought a ticket in the Silver Streak game at the Southdale Shopping Center Publix, 828 Southern Blvd. She took the lump-sum single payment option of $1.195 million.
Scratch-off games accounted for 74% of lottery ticket sales in 2023-24, according to the Florida Lottery.
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