Monday 16 March 2009

How to win million dollar lottery ticket

Yet another story of lottery winner comes from Florida:

Fruitland Park woman can now call herself a millionaire thanks to scratching off the right lottery ticket.

Joanna Raulerson, 52, recently traveled to Tallahassee to claim a $1 million prize from the Florida Lottery, officials said Monday. Raulerson was one of two recent million-dollar winners in the lottery's new Billion Dollar Blockbuster scratch-off game.

Raulerson chose a one-time, lump-sum payment of $650,000. She purchased her winning ticket at the Fruitland Park Discount Beverage store on Picciola Road.

The other million-dollar winner was Murray Eisenberg, 86, of Coconut Creek, who also chose the one-time payment of $650,000.