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Jacksonville man wins $1 million in Florida lottery

The 60-year-old claimed his prize in the form of a lump-sum payment of $820,000.
Credit: Florida Lottery
This is the ticket a Jacksonville man purchased, winning $1 million.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville man won a prize of $1 million in a Florida Lottery scratch-off game Tuesday.

Gregory Simon, 60, claimed the prize in a lump-sum payment of $820,000.

He bought the winning ticket from All Stop Food Mart on Galveston Avenue.

The top prize in the scratch-off he entered, the 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game, is $25,000.

Last week, 68-year-old Franklin Winberry, also of Jacksonville, won a $1 million prize playing the same game. 

He purchased his ticket from the J and J Food Store in Jacksonville Beach.

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