Urge to comfort a pregnant dog lead Florida man to win $1 million lottery

Leonard Linton, 42, of Pinetta, found out his pregnant dachshund, Ivy, was not feeling well and rushed to be by her side.

He decided to take a short cut home, instead of his usual route, and made a quick pit stop at the Stop N Shop located on  East Howard Street in Live Oak, where he purchased a scratch-off ticket. The ticket distributor will get $10000 for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket. 

Linton ended up winning the $2 million top prize from the 100X THE CASH Scratch-Off game, and chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,645,000.00.

The $10 game features more than $337.9 million in cash prizes, including eight top prizes of $2 million. The overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.44.