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$500,000 Lotto Prize Winner Revealed
The Florida Lottery revealed the identity of the woman who bought a scratch-off lottery ticket worth one half million dollars at a Palm Harbor grocery store.
Last week, we told you about when she walked into the Sweetbay Supermarket in the East Lake neighborhood of Palm Harbor and bought two winning lottery scratch-off tickets worth a total of $500,050.
Ann Roby, 72, who is a Florida snowbird from Plaistow, NH, claimed her prize at the Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. Roby said she was thrilled to have won $500,000, according to lottery officials.
It turns out, Roby's lucky streak didn't end at the East Lake Sweetbay. While at lottery headquarters, she bought a "Florida Millionaires Club" scratch-off lottery ticket and won $100.
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Roby's other two winning scratch-off tickets were from the "Gold Rush Tripler" game. She purchased them at the Sweetbay Supermarket located at 3400 East Lake Rd.
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