{"id":343853,"date":"2026-07-17T20:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T20:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/343853\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T20:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T20:39:11","slug":"st-lucie-co-woman-wins-5m-as-florida-lottery-players-score-big-mega-millions-at-672m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/343853\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Lucie Co. woman wins $5M as Florida Lottery players score big; Mega Millions at $672M"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A St. Lucie County<\/a> woman is among several Florida Lottery players celebrating life-changing wins after claiming a top scratch-off <\/a>prize worth $5 million.<\/p>\n

The Florida Lottery <\/a>announced on Friday that Maria Duran, 57, of St. Lucie County, claimed a $5 million top prize from the $5,000,000 CROSSWORD CASH Scratch-Off game on April 6.<\/p>\n

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A St. Lucie County woman is among several Florida Lottery players celebrating life-changing wins after claiming a top scratch-off prize worth $5 million. (Florida Lottery)<\/p>\n

Duran chose to receive her winnings as a one-time lump-sum payment of $3,262,138. According to lottery officials, she purchased the winning ticket from PK 2 Quick Mart, located at 4101 Okeechobee Road in Fort Pierce<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Duran’s prize was the largest among several major Scratch-Off wins claimed across the state during April, according to lottery officials. <\/p>\n

In Polk County<\/a>, Rose Simmons, 67, of Winter Haven, claimed a $2 million top prize from the 100X THE CASH Scratch-Off game on April 20. Simmons opted for a one-time lump-sum payment of $1,111,700 after purchasing her winning ticket from a 7-Eleven on Recker Highway in Winter Haven.<\/p>\n

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A St. Lucie County woman is among several Florida Lottery players celebrating life-changing wins after claiming a top scratch-off prize worth $5 million. (Florida Lottery)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Tatyana Ashe, 27, of Apopka, claimed a $1 million top prize from the AMERICA 250 <\/a>FLORIDA Scratch-Off game on April 1; no, it’s no April Fool’s Day <\/a>joke. Lottery officials said Ashe chose a lump-sum payment of $606,600. Her winning ticket was purchased at a Wawa on East Colonial Drive in Orlando.<\/p>\n

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A St. Lucie County woman is among several Florida Lottery players celebrating life-changing wins after claiming a top scratch-off prize worth $5 million. (Florida Lottery)<\/p>\n

See also: Florida suspect linked to multiple shootings captured after chase, gunfire, Jeep rollover<\/a><\/p>\n

While April’s winners are already enjoying their windfalls, Florida lottery players have another chance at a massive payday this week.<\/p>\n

The Mega Millions<\/a> jackpot for Friday night’s drawing has climbed to an estimated $672 million, with a cash option of $293.3 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in the previous drawing. The next drawing is scheduled for 11 p.m. ET on Friday, July 17.<\/p>\n

Under Florida law, lottery winners’ names and cities of residence are public record and may be released by the Florida Lottery<\/a> after 90 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A St. Lucie County woman is among several Florida Lottery players celebrating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-343853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343853","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=343853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}