- A Florida woman won two $1 million prizes with lottery scratch-off tickets just months apart.
- The Florida lottery said the woman joked she'd be back after winning the first time; two months later, she was.
After winning $1 million with a scratch-off ticket, a 41-year-old Florida woman joked to lottery officials that she'd be back again.
Two months later, she was.
Altovise Morris won two $1 million prizes playing scratch-off games, collecting her prizes just months apart, Florida lottery officials announced on Monday.
"I still can't believe this is happening," Morris said, according to the Florida Lottery.
Morris won her first $1 million after picking up a 500X The Cash game for $50 at a 7-Eleven in Winter Garden, Florida, according to the Lottery. She cashed in that prize in November 2022.
Two months later in January, she was back at lottery headquarters with another winning $1 million ticket, the Florida Lottery said.
Morris said she had just closed on a new house she bought with her first winnings when she bought another $50 game at a Sunoco Foodmart, the Florida Lottery said. Just like before, she struck it rich and won the $1 million prize.
Morris chose to take the money as a lump sum, netting her $1,640,000 in prizes before taxes.
According to the Florida Lottery's odds, the chances of winning $1 million in the 500X The Cash game twice would be 1-in-71.6 billion or about 0.00000000001395%.