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Florida woman wins million-dollar lottery prize after buying ticket from Publix

Manatee County winning lotto ticket
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MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — A woman from Manatee County won the top prize after purchasing a scratch-off ticket from a grocery store.

Terasa Katsaros, 51, claimed a $1 million prize while playing the $1,000,000 A Year for Life Spectacular Scratch-Off game.

She chose to take home her winnings as a lump-sum payment of $640,000 from the Florida Lottery's Tallahassee headquarters.

Katsaros bought her ticket from a Publix at 11245 North US Highway 301 in Parrish. The grocery store will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.