An Alabama woman has won a $10 million cash prize off a $20 scratch off ticket.
Jessica Callihan of Foley purchased the $20 Gold Rush Legacy Scratch-off from a Pensacola Cumberland Farms and became to winner, a stroke of luck that according to AL.com had the chances of 1 in 2.97 million.
Callihan chose to receive her payment in one lump-sum rather than be doled out in payments, which after taxes came out to $6.03 million.
Alabama remains just one of five states to be without a lottery, estimated to have cost the state over $1 billion in revenue. Florida’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund estimates that since the lottery was adopted in 1993, it has created over $19.5 billion in revenue for the state.
Michael Brauner is a Senior Sports Analyst and Contributing Writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @MBraunerWNSP and hear him every weekday morning from 6 to 9 a.m. on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5, available free online.
