The Florida Lottery announced Thursday that Travis Hall, 44, of Port St. Lucie, claimed a $5 million top prize from the $20 MONOPOLY DOUBLER Scratch-Off game at the Lottery’s Headquarters in Tallahassee.
He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $3,994,698.00.
“I stopped at Publix to grab a sub and decided to try my luck with a $20 Scratch-Off,” Hall told Lottery officials. “Little did I know, it would turn into a $5 million-dollar win! After waiting days to scratch the ticket, I handed it to my wife — my hands were trembling from disbelief at what I was seeing.”
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Hall purchased his winning ticket from Publix, located at 746 Southwest Federal Highway in Stuart. The retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $20 MONOPOLY DOUBLER Scratch-Off game features more than $493 million in cash prizes, including eight top prizes of $5 million! The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-3.02.
Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 72 percent of ticket sales in fiscal year 2022-2023. Since inception, Scratch-Off games have generated more than $18.09 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).
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