Florida man wins $1million playing Gold Rush Limited scratch-off game

A lucky man from Florida named Marcus Carson won a whopping sum of $1 million playing the Gold Rush Limited scratch-off game of Florida Lottery. 

The winning Scratch-Off ticket was purchased from a Quick Stop located at 4131 Cherry Street in Panama City. The ticket distributor will get a bonus of $10,000 for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket. 

Carson recently claimed his winning amount from the lottery headquarters and took home his million-dollar winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $795,000.

The Florida Lottery is the government-operated lottery of the U.S. state of Florida.

Florida Lottery instant games range in price from $1 to $30, with higher priced tickets typically putting out a higher percentage of sales back into prizes.