Starke man won about $1 million from scratch-off lottery ticket

A Starke man has won a $1 million prize while playing the Billion Dollar Gold Rush Supreme scratch-off game bought from a local Winn-Dixie, according to the Florida Lottery.

Ryan Sodek, 51, of Starke, claimed the prize at the Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. Sodek chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $880,000.

Sodek purchased his winning ticket from Winn-Dixie, located at 470 W. Madison St. in Starke; the store will get a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.

If anybody has a winning ticket then the player must keep it in a safe place and claim the winning prize by visiting the nearest lottery headquarter or the player can also have the facility of calling or seeing mail to start the claiming process.