TALLAHASSEE – Today, the Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Harrison Porter, 46, of Fort Lauderdale, claimed a prize from the $250,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. Porter chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $4,070,000.00.
Quiet and reserved, Porter said he was still absorbing what happened. Apparently, his winning ticket couldn’t have come at a better time – he said he has been going through some challenging times. “One of the first things I’m going to do is get a place to live,” Porter said.
Porter purchased his winning ticket from Publix, located at 18341 Pine Boulevard in Pembroke Pines. The retailer will receive a $8,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $10 Scratch-Off game, $250,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE will change your life forever with more than 7 million winning tickets and $176.4 million in cash prizes, including four top prizes of $250,000 a year for life! The overall odds are 1-in-3.33.
Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 72 percent of ticket sales in fiscal year 2022-2023. Since inception, Scratch-Off games have generated more than $18.09 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).
