LAKELAND, Fla. – The Florida Lottery announced on Thursday that Kimberly Grooms, 51, of Lakeland, claimed a $1 million top prize from the SEVEN FIGURES Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $695,000.00.
Grooms turned $5 into seven figures instantly when she purchased her winning ticket at Circle K, located at 3730 Airport Road in Lakeland.
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The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $5 SEVEN FIGURES Scratch-Off game features more than 5.8 million winning tickets, with a top prize of $1 million! This money-themed ticket offers more than $79.5 million in cash prizes. The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.77.
Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 77 percent of ticket sales in fiscal year 2021-2022.
Additionally, since inception, Scratch-Off games have awarded more than $57.1 billion in prizes, created 1,802 millionaires, and generated more than $17.77 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).
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