Winter Garden resident claims $1 million from Florida Lottery scratch-off game

Joshua Hudgins, 39, picked the winning million from the Billion Dollar Gold Rush Supreme.

By Annabelle Sikes
| 11:30 p.m. June 15, 2022

West Orange Times & Observer
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A lucky resident from Winter Garden has claimed a $1 million check from the Florida Lottery this week.

Joshua Hudgins, 39, picked the winning million from the Billion Dollar Gold Rush Supreme scratch-off game on Wednesday, June 15.

Hudgins chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $880,000 which he claimed at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.

The Winter Garden resident said he purchased his winning ticket from a Wawa in Kissimmee, located at 7940 West Irlo Bronson Highway. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning scratch-off ticket.

According to the Florida Lottery, scratch-off games are an important part of the lottery's portfolio, comprising approximately 75% of ticket sales and generating more than $1.3 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund in Fiscal Year 2020-21.

As part of that portfolio, Billion Dollar Gold Rush Supreme allows buyers to play with the overall winning odds of one-in-2.59.

Launched in February 2021, the scratch-off features four top prizes of $15 million as well as 24 prizes of $1 million.

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Annabelle Sikes

News Editor Annabelle Sikes was born in Boca Raton and moved to Orlando in 2018 to attend the University of Central Florida. She graduated from UCF in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in sociology. Her past journalism experiences include serving as a web producer at the Orlando Sentinel, a reporter at The Community Paper, managing editor for NSM Today, digital manager at Centric Magazine and as an intern for the Orlando Weekly.