A Florida woman is celebrating Friday the 13th with 1,000,000 new reasons to be ecstatic!
Today, the Florida Lottery announced that Natisha Howard, 37, of Middleburg, claimed a $1 million prize from the 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off game at the Lottery’s Jacksonville District Office.
She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $820,000.00.
Howard purchased her winning ticket from the Jacksonville District Office, located at 8206 Philips Highway in Jacksonville.
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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