PHOENIX — A lottery scratch ticket sold in Phoenix recently yielded a top prize worth $500,000 for its lucky purchaser.
The Arizona Lottery said a Triple Bonus Crossword ticket sold at a gas station near 67th Avenue and Indian School Road is now worth half a million dollars.
The odds of winning the ticket's top prize are 1 out of 299,025, according to the Arizona Lottery website.
A Fantasy 5 ticket worth $115,000 has been recently claimed after it was bought at the Walmart near 75th Avenue and Thunderbird Road in Peoria.
The Arizona Lottery said a total of over $1 million in prizes were won and claimed last week.
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