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01/28/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/28/2022 14:08
JACKSONVILLE WOMAN STRIKES GOLD PLAYING THE GOLD RUSH CLASSIC SCRATCH-OFF GAME
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2022
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JACKSONVILLE WOMAN STRIKES GOLD
PLAYING THE GOLD RUSH CLASSIC SCRATCH-OFF GAME
TALLAHASSEE -The Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Liliam Flores Merlo, 56, of Jacksonville, claimed a $5 million top prize from the $5,000,000 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC Scratch-Off game at the Lottery's Jacksonville District Office. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $3,550,000.00.
Flores Merlo purchased her winning ticket from BP Food Store, located at 8863 San Jose Boulevard in Jacksonville. The retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
TThe $20 game, $5,000,000 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC, launched in October 2018 and gives players the opportunity to win up to $5,000,000. Overall odds of winning are one-in-2.99.
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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