{"id":257882,"date":"2026-05-04T16:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257882\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T16:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:19:08","slug":"florida-woman-takes-home-1-million-after-trip-to-convenience-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257882\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida woman takes home $1 million after trip to convenience store"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONTICELLO, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A routine stop at a Monticello convenience store turned into a life-changing moment for a Florida <\/a>woman.<\/p>\n

The Florida Lottery<\/a> announced on Monday that Brenda Larry, of Monticello, claimed a $1 million prize after playing the 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game. Larry claimed her winnings on Jan. 23 at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n

Larry bought her winning $50 ticket from Pit Stop, located at 1546 N. Jefferson Street in Monticello, according to lottery officials. With at 1-in-4.23 chance of winning something, Larry won the $1 million prize. She chose to take the prize as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000.<\/p>\n

\"Attached<\/p>\n

Attached is an image of Larry’s $1 million prize-winning Scratch-Off ticket. (Florida Lottery)<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to play to win, and I don\u2019t rely on luck. I move with purpose, and I\u2019m truly blessed,\u201d said Larry.<\/p>\n

See also: Support services, job listings offered to Spirit Airlines employees after closure<\/a><\/p>\n

The 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game features a top prize of $25 million and is known for offering some of the best odds of becoming an instant millionaire.<\/p>\n

Lottery officials say the Florida Lottery has played a major role in supporting education across the state, contributing more than $50 billion since its creation. Players are reminded to play responsibly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTICELLO, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A routine stop at a Monticello convenience store turned into a life-changing moment for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-257882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257882","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=257882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}