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01/20/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/20/2022 10:30
PASCO COUNTY MAN'S LUCK TURNS INTO 'GOLD' AFTER PLAYING THE GOLD RUSH LIMITED SCRATCH-OFF GAME
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2022
FLORIDA LOTTERY COMMUNICATIONS
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PASCO COUNTY MAN'S LUCK TURNS INTO `GOLD'
~ AFTER PLAYING THE GOLD RUSH LIMITED SCRATCH-OFF GAME~
TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Keith Anderson, 49, of Lutz, claimed a $1 million prize from the GOLD RUSH LIMITED Scratch-Off game at the Lottery's headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $795,000.00.
Anderson purchased his winning ticket from Lutz Petroleum, located at 18215 US Highway 41 North in Lutz. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The Lottery's $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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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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