Northern Florida man wins a big jackpot worth of $2 million in Scratchers
By Gaurav Bisht | Published June 23, 2022 09:35 am GMTOne Florida man is crediting his tiny dog for his big $2 million lottery win, according to the Florida Lottery.
The Lottery says 42-year-old Leonard Linton of Pinetta claimed a $2 million top prize from the 100X THE CASH scratch-off game.
He chose to get his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,645,000. But it was Ivy, Linton's tiny, pregnant dachshund, who led to the big win, he told the Lottery.
According to a release, Linton got a call that Ivy wasn't feeling well. He says he took a different route home in order to get to her more quickly, but needed to make a pit stop.
That's when fate appeared to step in. Linton chose to stop at a Stop N Shop located in Live Oak. The winning ticket was then his.
Tiny Ivy's little emergency paid off. Big time.