In the midst of Hurricane Nicole last week in the Sunshine State, the Florida Lottery still announced two scratch-off winners who hit it big.
On Monday, the Florida Lottery announced that Nagendra KC, 63, of Orlando, claimed a $1 million top prize from the CASH CLUB Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $880,000.00.
KC purchased his winning ticket from Circle K, located at 700 South Kirkman Road in Orlando. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $10 Scratch-Off game, CASH CLUB , launched in April 2021 and features ten top prizes of $1 million! This game offers more than $146 million in total cash prizes and the overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.38.
Then on Tuesday, the lottery announced that Mary Vitullo, 63, of Sarasota, claimed a $1 million top prize from the 50X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $820,000.00.
Vitullo purchased her winning ticket from Publix, located at 6543 South Tamiami Trail in Sarasota. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $5 game, 50X THE CASH , launched in January and features more than $215 million in cash prizes, including 12 top prizes of $1,000,000! The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.90.
Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 77 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $7.02 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2021-22.
Also in Florida 26 winning tickets worth $50,000 to $2 million from the world-record $2.04 billion POWERBALL® jackpot drawing held on Tuesday, November 8. The sole jackpot-winning ticket for the world-record $2.04 billion POWERBALL jackpot was sold in California.
A total of three Florida tickets won second-tier prizes; these winning tickets matched all five of the white ball numbers but did not match the Powerball number. One lucky player won $2 million and two players each won $1 million.
Florida’s winning $2 million POWERBALL ticket was sold at:
• K & M Drugs, located at 395 Village Drive in Poinciana
Florida’s winning $1 million POWERBALL tickets were sold at:
• Wellington Marathon, located at 2741 South State Road 7 in Wellington
• Sunshine, located at 1277 West Hillsboro Boulevard in Deerfield Beach
Additionally, a total of 23 Florida tickets won third-tier prizes; these winning tickets matched four of the five white ball numbers and the Powerball number. Four players each won $100,000 and 19 players each won $50,000.
Florida’s winning $100,000 POWERBALL tickets were sold at:
• Publix, located at 10601 U.S. Highway 441 in Leesburg
• Sun Food, located at 1009 Hunter Road in Okeechobee
• Circle K, located at 901 West Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale
• Publix, located at 15265 Collier Boulevard in Naples
Florida’s winning $50,000 POWERBALL tickets were sold at:
• Thorntons, located at 1351 34th Street North in St. Petersburg
• Publix, located at 7375 West Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach
• Publix, located at 2300 Griffin Road in Lakeland
• 7-Eleven, located at 7405 Redbug Lake Road in Oviedo
• Circle K, located at 2919 Coastal Highway in Saint Augustine
• Publix, located at 13121 Paul J Doherty Parkway in Fort Myers
• Publix, located at 2031 Bay Street in Sarasota
• 7-Eleven, located at 7605 Sinclair Road in Kissimmee
• Speedway, located at 1241 North Tamiami Trail in Nokomis
• 7-Eleven, located at 2605 Wooleright Road in Boynton Beach
• Publix, located at 8833 Tamiami Trail North in Naples
• Daybreak Market & Fuel 3, located at 19701 Cochran Boulevard in Port Charlotte
• Apex Pharmacy, located at 6110 West Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach
• Skylake Discount Liquors, located at 1664 Northeast Miami Gardens Drive in Miami Gardens
• Hunt Club Market, located at 241 North Hunt Club Boulevard in Longwood
• Publix, located at 15729 Pines Boulevard in Pembroke Pines
• Circle K, located at 12995 North U.S. Highway 441 in Citra
• 7-Eleven, located at 1721 North Honore Avenue in Sarasota
• Sunshine, located at 5298 Copans Road in Margate
Florida POWERBALL winners have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim their prize.
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