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Sussex County Mega Millions Winner Buys Shuttered Florida Beach Resort Sussex County Mega Millions Winner Buys Shuttered Florida Beach Resort
Sussex County Mega Millions Winner Buys Shuttered Florida Beach Resort A former Vernon man who won $533 million playing the Mega Millions bought a shuttered 239-room Daytona Beach resort. Richard Wahl, who moved to Sarasota, FL after his big April 2018 win, purchased La Playa Resort & Suites at an April auction this year for $13.6 million, according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported. The resort opened in 1975 and was sold in 2016 to Summit Hospitality for $9 million in 2016. Months later, the 9-story property was severely damaged in Hurricane Matthew. It's been closed ever since, the New York Post reports. Tim Davis, a realtor with…