A Jacksonville man wins $2 million on a scratch-off ticket purchased at the Westside gas station

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 57-year-old man from Jacksonville won $2 million from one 100X bonus cashword Rub game, the Florida Lottery announced Wednesday.

The man bought his winning ticket at Circle K on 103rd Street in Jacksonville. The man chose to receive his winnings as a lump sum payment of $1,280,000.

The retailer also received a $4,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.

The $10 scratch-off ticket contains over 8.7 million winning tickets, the lottery said. The overall probability of winning is 1 in 3.37.

Scratch-off games are an important part of the lottery, accounting for 74 percent of ticket sales in the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Scratch-off games also awarded over $64.3 billion in prizes and generated over $19.5 billion for the state's Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).