{"id":195843,"date":"2026-03-18T03:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T03:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/195843\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T03:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T03:57:08","slug":"florida-man-wins-1-million-prize-from-gold-rush-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/195843\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man wins $1 million prize from Gold Rush Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Rafael Arciniegas Rosario, 59, of Kissimmee, claimed a $1 million prize from the \u201cGold Rush Legacy\u201d scratch-off game. He claimed his winnings at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee on Dec. 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The win came after Rosario turned a $20 purchase into a $1 million prize. The Florida Lottery confirmed the win on Tuesday, noting that the prize was part of a game portfolio that generated billions for state education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Rosario purchased the winning $20 ticket at the RaceTrac located at 6803 Conway Road in Orlando. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">He opted to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The \u201cGold Rush Legacy\u201d game first launched in April 2024. The $20 scratch-off game features a total of 20 prizes of $1 million and four top prizes of $10 million. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">According to lottery officials, the game offers more than $894 million in total cash prizes with overall winning odds of one-in-2.97.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773806228_698_APP DOWNLOAD LOCAL_1541693885678.jpg_13622062_ver1.0.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM WFTV CHANNEL 9<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Rafael Arciniegas Rosario, 59, of Kissimmee, claimed a $1 million prize from the \u201cGold Rush&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[90886,147,145,28,759,90885,139,141,140,90873,2494,144,146],"class_list":["post-195843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-1-million-prize","tag-central-florida","tag-channel-9","tag-florida","tag-florida-lottery","tag-gold-rush-legacy","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-rafael-arciniegas-rosario","tag-scratch-off-game","tag-wftv","tag-wftv-channel-9"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}