Jun 23, 2022
I won a huge lottery prize thanks to my dog – she’s getting a big reward after our ‘life-changing’ win
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A FLORIDA man owes his huge lottery cash out to his loyal pooch.
Leonard Linton, 42, won a $2million prize from the 100X THE CASH scratch-off game after buying the winning ticket from a Stop & Shop.
3A Florida man says his dog is the reason why he won a $2million jackpot in a scratch-off gameCredit: Twitter / Florida Lottery 3Leonard Linton took a different route home after hearing his dog, Ivy, wasn't feeling well and took a pit stop to play the lottoCredit: GettyIvy, his pregnant dachshund, wasn’t feeling well, so Linton raced to see her as quickly as possible.
On the drive home, he took a different route and made a quick pit stop at the store.
Linton was asked if he had any big plans with his prize.
“I still can’t believe it. This is life-changing, but I’m definitely getting Ivy a new kennel!” he said.
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Linton chose to receive his winnings in the form of a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,645,000.
The 100X THE CASH game launched in January and has more than $337.9million in cash prizes, including eight top prizes of $2million.
It only costs $10 to play and the overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.44, according to the game’s website.
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One Michigan man, who remains unidentified, won $3.39million on a $1 Lotto 47 ticket and didn’t know he had won for weeks.
"I didn't realize I had won for a couple of weeks," he said to lottery officials.
"I stack my tickets up and then my wife scans them on the app to see if we won. When she scanned this ticket, she told me we'd won but I was certain she was just joking with me.
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The man opted to take a one-time lump-sum payment worth about $2.3million. He does not yet have plans to spend it.
3Linton decided to take a one-time lump sum and pocketed over $1.6millionCredit: GettyNews Source: the-sun.com
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