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Florida man wins $1 million the day he opened his auto shop

CALLAHAN, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man won $1 million in a lottery game the same day he and his wife opened an auto repair shop.

Brian Woodle, 46, bought the $5 Gold Rush Supreme scratch-off ticket from a Circle K in Callahan.

'œI love working on vehicles and it has always been my dream to own my own repair shop,'ť Woodle said in a news release sent by the Florida Lottery. 'œAt 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!'ť

He selected to receive a one-time, lump-sum payment of $880,000, the lottery said. The Circle K store will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning ticket.

Callahan is near Jacksonville on Florida's Atlantic Coast.

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