Successful $494M lottery ticket offered in Florida metropolis battered by Ian

A profitable lottery ticket value a share of a $494 million Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot was bought in a southwest Florida metropolis hammered by Hurricane Ian late final month.

Florida lottery officers on Monday mentioned one of many two profitable tickets was bought at a 7-Eleven in Fort Myers. The opposite profitable ticket was purchased in California.

Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida as a Class 4 storm on September 28 and has been blamed for greater than 100 fatalities within the state. It was the third-deadliest storm to hit the U.S. mainland this century. Greater than half of the storm-related deaths in Florida had been reported in Lee County, which incorporates Fort Myers.

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Lottery winners in Florida have 180 days to assert their prize. Below a brand new state regulation, lottery winners can stay nameless for 90 days from the day they declare the winnings, if their prize is value $250,000 or extra. Previous winners have additionally arrange authorized trusts as a method to maintain their identities nameless.