Lottery player wins $900,000 prize at Publix store in Florida. Here’s where
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A lottery player tried her luck on a ticket — and hit the jackpot in Florida.
Lenora Carpenter won $900,000 after she stopped at a Publix grocery store in Brooksville. While there, she bought a ticket for the Jackpot Triple Play game, the Florida Lottery wrote in an April 2 news release.
Carpenter opted for the Quick Pick option, meaning a lottery machine randomly chose at least some of her ticket numbers. The ticket matched all the numbers picked in the Dec. 20 drawing, leading to the life-changing win, McClatchy News reported.
Jackpot Triple Play is a rolling jackpot game that offers tickets starting at $1. To score the top prize, a person’s ticket must match the six numbers picked in a drawing, according to game rules.
Carpenter chose to take her prize as a lump sum of $534,009.60. She lives in Brooksville, a roughly 50-mile drive north from Tampa.
This story was originally published April 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM with the headline "Lottery player wins $900,000 prize at Publix store in Florida. Here’s where."
