Escambia Man Claims $1 Million Lottery Prize

January 16, 2016

The Florida Lottery announced Friday that an Escambia County man has claimed a $1 million Holiday Millionaire Raffle prize from the game’s December 31 drawing.

One of the seven $1 million prizes remains unclaimed.

Don Weaver purchased his winning ticket from Blue Angel Chevron, located at 2 South Blue Angel Parkway in Pensacola. The retailer will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the $1 million-winning ticket.

Along with the seven $1 million prizes, 540 other prizes ranging from $500 to $50,000 were awarded in the Holiday Millionaire Raffle New Year’s Eve drawing. Additionally, this year’s Raffle offered five weekly drawings, in which a $10,000 prize and two hundred $500 prizes were won. In total, 1,552 players won more than $8.6 million in prizes in the Holiday Millionaire Raffle. Plus, players who purchased early had the chance to participate in the Playoff Bonus Drawing, in which 10 winners were selected to attend the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl and won cash prizes of up to $25,000 in an exciting prize reveal on-field at the game. The Holiday Millionaire Raffle game generated more than $1.9 million in revenue for education.

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3 Responses to “Escambia Man Claims $1 Million Lottery Prize”

  1. susie Q on January 17th, 2016 1:49 am

    WOW THATS GREAT CONGRATS

  2. Amy Caum on January 16th, 2016 10:30 am

    Congratulations Don! I wish you only the best with it.

  3. Mandy on January 16th, 2016 7:50 am

    Congratulations!!!!

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