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West Palm Beach woman wins $5 million playing Florida Lottery scratch-off game

Maria Lopez-Uriostegui purchases winning ticket at Marathon Food Mart
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A 50-year-old West Palm Beach woman recently became a multi-millionaire.

Florida Lottery officials announced Monday that Maria Lopez-Uriostegui of West Palm Beach claimed a $5 million top prize from the GOLD RUSH LIMITED scratch-off game

Lopez-Uriostegui chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $3,960,000.

Marie Lucie Saint Eloi claimed a top prize of $1 million from the $5 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER scratch-off game.

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Officials said Lopez-Uriostegui purchased her winning ticket from a Marathon Food Mart, located at 2701 Lake Avenue, in West Palm Beach. The retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.

The odds of winning $5 million playing this $20 game is 1-in-2,362,500.