Florida woman hits for $10 Million on lottery scratch-off


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A Coral Springs, Florida, woman has claimed a $10 million lottery win ? the largest haul of the year so far in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Tara Tuttle, 35, of Coral Springs, claimed the $10 million top prize in the Billion Dollar Blockbuster Scratch-off game at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee. Her ticket cost $20.

Despite the high cost of scratch tickets like the one claimed by Tuttle, Lottery officials note that scratch-off payback is about 70 percent compared to 50 percent for the draw games.

Tuttle told lottery officials she carried around the winning ticket for more than a month before she actually scratched it and noticed she won the $10 million top prize.

"I had a feeling that it was a lucky ticket but I didn't want to find out quite yet," she told them. She told them she's going to look into starting a charitable organization for those affected with cancer, but couldn't be reached for further details.

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$10 million isn't all that much really. Considering almost half will be taken in taxes and fees. You're left with $5 million that most people would quit their job and splurge...and be broke in 6 months.

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Must suck to be american and get a portion of your winnings stolen lol.

Hell, Canada even has a place we can go to get back the money taken if we win in the US lol

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Ah, my future bride. Come to daddy with all that lovely money. :D

Must have missed the part of the article

Tara Tuttle, with her "wife", Cary.
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