Florida Man Claims First $25,000,000 Top Prize From $50 Scratch-Off

Today, the Florida Lottery (Lottery) is excited to introduce the new 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game, featuring a top prize of $25 million—the largest ever offered on a Florida Scratch-Off game! This new $50 ticket features more than $1.5 billion in cash prizes and the best odds to become an instant millionaire! The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-4.50.

Today, the Florida Lottery announced that George Demetriades, of Bonita Springs, claimed a $25 million top prize from the 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at the Lottery’s Fort Myers District Office on May 11, 2022.

He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $20,560,000.00.

Demetriades purchased his winning ticket from Circle K, located at 10460 Bonita Beach Road in Bonita Springs. The retailer will receive a $50,000 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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