The Florida Lottery announced that Lillian Velez, 67, of Brandon, claimed a $1 million top prize from the CASH CLUB Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $880,000.00.
Velez purchased her winning ticket from Publix, located at 949 East Bloomingdale Avenue in Brandon. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
CASH CLUB features ten top prizes of $1 million and gives players the chance to win $20 to $500 instantly with four additional bonus plays! When players scratch a 5X or 10X symbol, they can win five or ten times the prize shown.
This $10 game offers more than $146 million in total cash prizes and the overall odds are 1-in-3.38.
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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