TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Fort Lauderdale man is now a multimillionaire after spending just $10 on a scratch-off ticket, the Florida Lottery said Friday. Harrison Porter, 46, bought the ticket at a Publix in Pembroke Pines.
The retailer will get an $8,000 bonus commission for the sale, but Porter takes home $4,070,000 from the $250,000 A Year For Life scratch-off. “One of the first things I’m going to do is get a place to live,” Porter said after revealing the winning ticket arrived during some challenging times.
The $10 ticket offers over $176.4 million in prizes, including four top prizes of $250,000 a year for life. The odds of his win are 1 in 6.04 million. Florida scratch-off games have generated over $18.09 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund.