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West Melbourne man hits jackpot on scratch-off bought at Publix

The store is located at 145 Palm Bay Road Northeast in West Melbourne

Winning THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000 ticket (Copyright 2022 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)

WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. – A West Melbourne man just won $1,000,000 off of a scratch-off lottery ticket.

David Rainwater, 66, hit the top jackpot on a THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000 ticket.

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Rainwater purchased the ticket from Publix, located at 145 Palm Bay Road Northeast in West Melbourne.

He will receive a one-time, lump-sum payment of $790,000.

The $30 game, THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000, launched in February 2020 and features 155 top prizes of $1,000,000 and over $948 million in cash prizes, according to the Florida Lottery.


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Thomas Mates is a Streaming Executive Producer for News 6 and ClickOrlando.com. He also produces the podcast Florida Foodie. Thomas is originally from Northeastern Pennsylvania and worked in Portland, Oregon before moving to Central Florida in August 2018. He graduated from Temple University with a degree in Journalism in 2010.

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