The lucky ticket was sold at a Publix grocery store on Curry Ford Road in Orlando. The player opted for Quick Pick, meaning a lottery machine randomly chose at least some of their ticket numbers, the Florida Lottery wrote on its website and in a news release.

Coincidence? Of the 12 times a lottery jackpot hit $1 billion, 2 winning tickets were sold from a beachtown Publix in Florida, for $1.58 billion prize

Newly released video captured the moment that a Powerball winner got tackled and tased by Florida police after kicking a deputy in the head.

The player hit the jackpot at a Publix grocery store in New Smyrna Beach, a roughly 55-mile drive northeast from Orlando. The person chose the Quick Pick option, meaning a lottery machine randomly selected at least some of their ticket numbers, the Florida Lottery wrote on its website and in a news release.

Body cam shows the moment a Powerball jackpot winner is tackled and tased by a Florida officer following a dispute. Just days after winning the Powerball with his mother in Kentucky, James Farthing was arrested on April 29 for allegedly assaulting an officer in Florida.

From millions of dollars to one spectacular downfall, the winner of the largest KY Powerball jackpot in history was arrested just days later. Newly-released body camera footage shows the incident.

Body camera footage has been released months after a Kentucky man who won $167 million playing the Powerball was arrested and accused of kicking a police officer in Florida.

A Kentucky man was arrested in Florida days after winning a $167.3 million Powerball jackpot. See his arrest video.

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