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Seven Winners Share $85 Million Florida Lotto Jackpot9 September 2002"INDIALANTIC, Florida – As reported by Florida Today: "Someone who purchased a Florida Lotto ticket in this small beachside community should be feeling very lucky right now. "That's because they hold one of the winning tickets drawn Saturday night in the fifth-largest payoff in Florida history. The ticket, purchased at one of several lottery agents in Indialantic, marked the third multimillion-dollar winning ticket sold in Brevard this year. "…Seven tickets matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, 10-16-22-29-36-41, of the $85 million jackpot, lottery officials said Sunday. "…Many people spent most of Sunday talking about the prospect that America's newest multi-millionaire might be one of their neighbors. "…Yvette Thornton, a clerk at the 7-Eleven at the intersection of U.S. 192 and Riverside Drive, doesn't know yet if her store was the lucky one. "…Sales at the store had been pretty brisk in the days before the big drawing, Thornton said. "…The other winning tickets were bought in Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Winter Garden, Winter Haven, Ocala and Pembroke Park, officials said…" |