Lottery playing slips are shown at a supermarket kiosk, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, in Surfside, Fla.
Lottery playing slips are shown at a supermarket kiosk, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, in Surfside, Fla.
  • According to state officials, a Florida man won $1 million from a $50 scratch-off ticket he bought at Publix. 
  • Stephen Munoz Espinoza said he was going to get a lottery ticket from a machine when someone cut him in line.
  • He opted to buy his ticket at the counter instead and ended up winning the big prize. 

A Florida man won $1 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket moments after someone cut him in line at Publix, state lottery officials announced earlier this week.