Lottery ticket worth nearly $110,000 sold at Florida gas station. Here’s where

One Florida Lottery player just hit a top prize of nearly $110,000 with a ticket that came from a gas station.

The lucky Fantasy 5 player bought the winning ticket at a RaceTrac convenience store in North Fort Myers, according to the Florida Lottery.

The player beat 1-in-376,992 odds to match all five numbers and land the top prize of $106,609 in the Oct. 8 evening drawing, records show.

The ticket buyer had the computer randomly generate five numbers, which can range from 1 to 36 in the game.

The winning numbers were 5-8-9-16-31, according to the Florida Lottery.

Fantasy 5 drawings happen at midday and in the evening.

North Fort Myers is on Florida’s Gulf Coast, about a 40-mile drive north from Naples.

This story was originally published October 9, 2024 at 10:55 AM with the headline "Lottery ticket worth nearly $110,000 sold at Florida gas station. Here’s where."