A hyaliah woman won a $ 5 million award playing a $ 5,000,000 -dollar play lottery game.
Nubia Fagot chose to receive its profits in a one -time payment with a one -time amount of $ 3 262,138.
Fagot bought his winning ticket from the Beacon service station at NW 12 Street at Doral. The store will receive a $ 10,000 bonus for its sale.
The $ 20 scratch game has over $ 239.6 million cash prizes, including the top $ 5 million awards. The overall chances of winning a prize in the game are about 1 in 3.
The scratch games were about 74% of Florida Lottery sales in their fiscal year 2023-2024. They have generated nearly $ 19.80 billion for the trust fund to improve state education.
The Florida lottery has contributed over $ 48 billion to improving education and sent over a million college students through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program.
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