Lottery player wins life-changing prize at Florida Publix. Where was the ticket sold?

A grocery shopper turned a $50 scratch-off lottery ticket into a prize with a lot more zeroes in Florida.

Vernon Lee won $1 million with a ticket he bought at a Publix in Orlando for the $1,000,000 A Year For Life Spectacular game, the Florida Lottery announced March 14.

The Orange County man’s lucky ticket came from the Publix Super Market at the Shoppes at Storey Park, which will receive $2,000 for selling it, lottery officials said.

Lee beat the 1-in-185,709 odds to land the highest prize amount left in the game, after the two jackpot amounts were sold, records show.

The 60-year-old visited a Florida Lottery office in Orlando to claim his prize, which he accepted as a one-time payment of $640,000, lottery officials said.

This story was originally published March 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM with the headline "Lottery player wins life-changing prize at Florida Publix. Where was the ticket sold?."