A fortunate scratch off lottery player from Orlando scoops a big jackpot

An Orlando man now has 1,000,000 reasons to smile after claiming a winning lottery ticket.

David Nguyen claimed a winning lottery ticket in the 500X THE CASH scratch-off game, the Florida Lottery announced Thursday.

He purchased the winning ticket from Publix at 10250 Curry Ford Road. Nguyen chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $820,000.

The Publix location also gets a $2,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. In this $50 scratch-off game, players have the change to win the top prize of $25 million, the largest ever offered on a Florida scratch-off game.

The winner has to reach the nearest lottery headquarters for further documentation formalities and for claiming their winning prize money, lottery officials said.