HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Today, the Florida Lottery announced that Karelia Martinez, 47, of Riverview, claimed a $1 million top prize from the MYSTERY MULTIPLIER Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $798,985.00.
Martinez purchased her winning ticket from Bell Shoals Citgo, located at 3501 Bell Shoals Road in Valrico. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $10 game, MYSTERY MULTIPLIER, launched in May 2022 and features more than $148.1 million in total cash prizes! In addition, this ticket features ten top prizes of $1 million and 20 second-tier prizes of $100,000!
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The game’s overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.31.
Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 77 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $1.8 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2021-22.
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