Jacksonville woman turns $5 into $500,000 playing lottery scratch-off game

Winning ticket purchased at Stop N Shop on Townsend Boulevard in Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 46-year-old Jacksonville woman claimed a top prize in the $500,000 "Gold Rush" scratch-off game, the Florida Lottery announced Tuesday.

Flora Demps purchased her winning ticket from Stop N Shop at 3625 Townsend Blvd. in Jacksonville.

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The $5 scratch-off game was launched in January 2015. The game offers more than 7.5 million prizes ranging from $5 to $10,000 and top prizes of $500,000. The game’s overall odds of winning are one in 4.23.

Scratch-off games make up about 65 percent of lottery ticket sales.