Lottery player snags multi-million dollar win in Florida. Where was the ticket sold?

A lucky player claimed a massive lottery jackpot — worth multi-million dollars, Florida lottery officials said.

Leon Strachan, of Nassau, New Providence, in the Bahamas, won $20.5 million in an Aug. 7 lottery drawing, the Florida Lottery said in a Nov. 15 news release.

The winning numbers were 10, 11, 14, 17, 39 and 49, per the lottery’s website.

The winning ticket was purchased from a Murphy USA gas station in Kissimmee, about a 20-mile drive south of Orlando, according to the release.

The gas station also received a bonus commission of $100,000 for selling the lucky ticket.

Strachan took his winnings home as a one-time, lump-sum of $11,826,169, per the release.

The lottery jackpot drawing in Florida is currently an estimated $24 million, and the next drawing will happen Nov. 16.

This story was originally published November 15, 2024 at 6:09 PM with the headline "Lottery player snags multi-million dollar win in Florida. Where was the ticket sold?."

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Natalie Demaree is a service journalism reporter covering Mississippi for McClatchy Media. She holds a master’s in journalism from Columbia Journalism School and a bachelor’s in journalism and political science with a specialization in African and African American Studies from the University of Arkansas.