The Florida Lottery officially updated an eye-watering prize offering from “2 of 2” available to “1 of 2” claimed. On April 18, the state announced that a gas station customer took home a whole lot more than a tank of fuel . He won the state lottery’s largest scratch-off cash prize, ever.
Venice, Florida, gas station sells winning lottery ticket worth $25,000,000
The Circle K gas station on 101 U.S. Highway 41 Bypass S sold Kyle Lindquist, a 45-year-old Venice resident, the lucky ticket.
Lindquist chose to collect a lump sum. Doing so landed him a cool $16,000,000. The gas station earned a $50,000 commission.
I can’t even begin to fathom what seeing that number – or anything near it – in my account would do to my brain. Cue the White Lotus Season 3 scene where Belinda logs into her bank and registers that she has $5 million that wasn’t there the night before. Bye, y’all…