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Miami Man Buys $5 Lotto Scratch-Off Game, Wins $500K

A Miami man is $500,000 richer after he hit the jackpot in a lottery scratch-off game, the Florida Lottery announced Monday.

Orlando Quiroga, 55, bought the $5 scratch-off game called the "$500,000 Gold Rush" from a 7-Eleven on Washington Avenue in Miami Beach. He claimed the top prized at the Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.

The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-4.23.

The Florida Lottery did not reveal whether Quiroga received his winnings in a lump-sum or annuity.

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