Florida Lottery Fever: $803M Mega Millions Jackpot Leads Month of Big Wins

Florida is riding a lottery windfall, led by an $803 million Mega Millions jackpot won in Bradenton (cash option about $344 million), a $6 million Florida Lotto prize in Lakeland, and several $1 million Powerball prizes across the state. The winning tickets were sold at a Wawa in Bradenton and at 3B’s Sunoco in Lakeland, among others; Florida law requires prize winners’ names to be public, though there is a 90‑day temporary exemption for large prizes before records are released.