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10/11/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/11/2021 10:24
HERNANDO COUNTY WOMAN CLAIMS FIRST $5 MILLION TOP PRIZE FROM THE NEW GOLD RUSH LIMITED SCRATCH-OFF GAME
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2021
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HERNANDO COUNTY WOMAN CLAIMS FIRST $5 MILLION TOP PRIZE
FROM THE NEW GOLD RUSH LIMITED SCRATCH-OFF GAME
TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Valerie Homer-Faggart, 68, of Spring Hill, claimed the first $5 million top prize from the new GOLD RUSH LIMITED Scratch-Off game at the Lottery's Tampa District Office. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $3,960,000.00.
Homer-Faggart purchased her winning ticket from A to Z Discount Beverage, located at 4060 Deltona Boulevard in Spring Hill. The retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The Lottery's newest $20 Scratch-Off game, GOLD RUSH LIMITED, features 32 top prizes of $5 million and 100 prizes of $1 million! Additionally, this ticket is filled with over 33,000 prizes of $1,000 to $100,000!
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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