The Florida Lottery
05/17/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/17/2022 10:38
NORTH CAROLINA MAN CLAIMS $1 MILLION FROM THE 500X THE CASH SCRATCH-OFF GAME
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TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2022
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NORTH CAROLINA MAN CLAIMS $1 MILLION
FROM THE 500X THE CASH SCRATCH-OFF GAME
~ A Visit to the Sunshine State Gives North Carolina Man $1 Million Reasons to Beam! ~
TALLAHASSEE - Today, the Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Wesling Ducos Diaz, 60, of Durham, North Carolina claimed a $1 million prize from the 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at the Lottery?s Gainesville District Office. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $820,000.00.
Ducos Diaz purchased his winning ticket from Publix, located at 3930 Southwest Archer Road in Gainesville. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $50 game, 500X THE CASH, features a top prize of $25 million-the largest ever offered on a Florida Scratch-Off game-and the best odds to become an instant millionaire! The game's overall odds of winning are 1-in-4.50.
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 $41 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 $80.5 billion in prizes and made more than 3,500 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.
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