Former state rep. wins $800K lottery ticket

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 2:33 p.m. May 15, 2013
  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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ST. PETERSBURG — Former state Rep. Frank Farkas lost an election in 2012, but he won a consolation price of sorts recently — $815,000 in the Florida lottery.

 

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