The Florida Lottery
01/27/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/27/2022 12:38
MIAMI WOMAN WINS $1 MILLION PLAYING THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000 SCRATCH-OFF GAME
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2022
FLORIDA LOTTERY COMMUNICATIONS
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MIAMI WOMAN WINS $1 MILLION PLAYING
THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000 SCRATCH-OFF GAME
TALLAHASSEE -The Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Nayvi Brizuela, 36, of Miami, claimed a $1 million top prize from THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000 Scratch-Off game at the Lottery's Miami District Office. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $790,000.00.
Brizuela purchased her winning ticket from West Hialeah U-Gas, located at 7950 West 28th Avenue in Miami. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $30 game, THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000, launched in February 2020 and features 155 top prizes of $1,000,000 and over $948 million in cash prizes! The game's overall odds of winning are one-in-2.79.
Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery's portfolio of games, comprising approximately 75 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $1.3 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2020-21.
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The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $40 billion to enhance education and sending more than 917,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 99 percent of its revenue back into Florida's economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,000 Lottery retailers and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $79.1 billion in prizes and made more than 3,100 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.
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