Callahan man wins $1M prize from Florida Lottery scratch-off, the same day he opens new business

CALLAHAN, Fla. — A Callahan man is $1 million richer after he bought a winning Florida Lottery scratch-off ticket, the same day he and his wife opened an auto repair shop.

Brian Woodle, 46, bought his winning $5 Gold Rush Supreme ticket from Circle K at 540251 U.S. 1 in Callahan, according to a release from the Florida Lottery.

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“I love working on vehicles and it has always been my dream to own my own repair shop,” Woodle told The Florida Lottery. “At the end of our first day I stopped by Circle K to get a few things and picked up a Lottery ticket; just like that we won a million bucks!”

Woodle chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $880,000.

The Circle K where Woodle bought his ticket will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

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Woodle isn’t the only man from Callahan to win the top prize; William Burleigh, 59, of Callahan, claimed a $1 million prize from the Billion Dollar Gold Rush Supreme Scratch-Off.

The $5 Gold Rush Supreme game launched in January and features more than $199 million in cash prizes, including 24 top prizes of $1 million, the Florida Lottery said.

Players can also enter non-winning GOLD RUSH SUPREME tickets into the Gold Rush Supreme Bonus Play Promotion.

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