The Florida Lottery
01/21/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/21/2022 12:47
FORT LAUDERDALE MAN BECOMES A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE PLAYING THE $5,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE SCRATCH-OFF GAME
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2022
FLORIDA LOTTERY COMMUNICATIONS
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FORT LAUDERDALE MAN BECOMES A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE
PLAYING THE $5,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE SCRATCH-OFF GAME
TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Jose Canales, of Fort Lauderdale, claimed a top prize from the $5,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $4,660,000.00.
Canales purchased his winning ticket from Chevron, located at 3100 West Davie Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. The retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
Players have a chance to win more than $165.6 million in total cash prizes with the $5,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE Scratch-Off game! For only $10, this ticket offers four top prizes of $5,000 a week for life and the overall odds of winning are one-in-3.35.
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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