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Plant City man wins $3 million in Mega Million drawing

 
Lottery forms for Louisiana Mega Millions, Powerball and other lottery games fill the drawer at The World Bar and Grill, in Delta, La., a few miles from the Mississippi-Louisiana state line, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Mississippi residents have crossed over state lines for a chance at winning an estimated $1.6 billion jackpot in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing. [Rogelio V. Solis | AP]
Lottery forms for Louisiana Mega Millions, Powerball and other lottery games fill the drawer at The World Bar and Grill, in Delta, La., a few miles from the Mississippi-Louisiana state line, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Mississippi residents have crossed over state lines for a chance at winning an estimated $1.6 billion jackpot in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing. [Rogelio V. Solis | AP]
Published Oct. 25, 2018

A Plant City man claimed the $3 million prize from the Mega Millions drawing that was held on October 23.

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Pericles Procopis, 53, bought the winning ticket at a RaceTrac in Orlando, according to a release from the Florida Lottery. His ticket did not match the Mega Ball, but did match all five of the white ball numbers. The gas station will receive a $5,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.

Procopsis' win comes after the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot was claimed earlier this week in South Carolina. In other local lotto news, a winning $1 million ticket was sold in Tampa, and a 70-year-old Hudson woman claimed $2 million off a Powerball ticket last week.


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The next Mega Millions drawing will be held Friday, October 26 at 11 p.m. The jackpot is an estimated $40 million.