A Miami woman claimed over $52,000 from a lottery ticket she purchased at a popular travel stop near The Villages.
Tamara Michel Perez of Miami claimed the top prize from a Florida Lottery Fantasy 5 evening drawing held on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Perez’s winning ticket was worth exactly $52,437.58.
The winning ticket was originally purchased at the Pilot Travel Center located at 744 E State Road 44 in Wildwood, just outside of The Villages.
According to Florida Lottery records, Perez used a randomly generated “Quick Pick” ticket to select the winning numbers, which were 3, 6, 20, 22, and 24. Her ticket was one of two nationwide that matched all five numbers for the jackpot pool, with the other top-prize winning ticket sold at a Publix supermarket in Tampa…