Woman Claims Winning Cantonment Lottery Ticket

December 17, 2010

A Florida Lottery ticket sold in Cantonment paid off for Pensacola woman.

Melissa Morton, 40, claimed $25,166 from the December 15 drawing at the Florida Lottery Pensacola District Office.

Morton’s ticket matched 5 of 6 winning numbers, which paid out $6,291.50. Morton chose to add XTRA for an additional $1, which multiplied her winnings by four, for a total of $25,166. She purchased her winning ticket at Tobacco Town, located at 4112 Highway 297a in Cantonment.

The winning FLORIDA LOTTO numbers for Wednesday night’s drawing were 3-4-21-25-35-40 and the XTRA multiplier was 4.

Pictured:  Melissa Morton (center) was joined by Vernon Morton and Polly Carter in claiming her Florida Lottery prize. Submitted photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Comments

7 Responses to “Woman Claims Winning Cantonment Lottery Ticket”

  1. Dave on December 21st, 2010 1:33 pm

    jusme:

    I”m sure Binny Hinn,Mike Murdock,Todd Koontz and the rest of the televangilist would love to get their hands on the money. There all scam/con artist.

  2. Kristy Freeman on December 18th, 2010 10:22 am

    Yay Melissa, Congratulations!

  3. jusME on December 17th, 2010 7:26 pm

    Don’t forget to pay your 10% to man above

  4. Jim W on December 17th, 2010 1:50 pm

    Great! Santa has come to visit early. Enjoy it I know it is the perfect time of the year for this to happen. See miracals do happen.

  5. Oh OK on December 17th, 2010 1:38 pm

    $25,000.00 right now can be a God Send, I hope you take care and use it
    wisely and have many happy returns of the day.

    Merry Christmas to ALL

  6. Gator girl on December 17th, 2010 10:41 am

    Congratulations!! What a wonderful time of year for something good to happen to someone in our area!

  7. OMRBKH on December 17th, 2010 2:27 am

    Congrats! The gamble paid off. Sounds like a good Christmas and a nice vacation is in store!

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