A trip to the local grocery store just changed everything for 64-year-old Paula Bixby. The Fort Myers resident officially claimed a $2 million Powerball prize at the Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee this week, turning a ticket bought at the Publix on McGregor Boulevard into a life-altering windfall.
Bixby didn’t opt for a long-term payout; instead, she walked away with a clean, one-time lump sum of $1,195,000 from the drawing held back in mid-September.
While Bixby is the one celebrating today, the Florida Lottery points out that these wins actually help fund more than just individual bank accounts…