Jacksonville man wins top prize of $500K in lottery scratch-off game

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville man has claimed the top prize in the $500,000 Holiday Millions Scratch-Off game.

Lonnie Wolfe, 51, purchased the winning ticket from Rk's Food Mart on Beach Boulevard.

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Wolfe is the second person from Jacksonville to win the top prize from the scratch-off game in the past week.

The $5 Scratch-Off game, $500,000 Holiday Millions, launched in October, and features more than 2.9 million prizes, including eight top prizes of $500,000.

Florida Lottery officials said the game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-4.06.

Officials said scratch-off games are an important part of the Lottery's portfolio of games, comprising approximately 65 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $734 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund in the 2015-16 fiscal year.