The Florida Lottery announced three new millionaires this week and all three are from playing scratch-off tickets.
According to the Florida Lottery, on Monday, Frank O’Dell, of Hernando, claimed a top prize from the $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $930,000.00.
“I’ve never been very lucky,” O’Dell told the Florida Lottery. “But I think it’s safe to say that my luck has finally changed and now I’m set for life!”
O’Dell purchased his winning ticket from Circle K, located at 2025 North Lecanto Highway in Lecanto. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
On Tuesday, Lora Tanouis, 58, of New Port Richey, claimed a $1 million prize from the GOLD RUSH LIMITED Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $795,000.00.
Tanouis purchased her winning ticket from AZ Shop, located at 6022 State Road 54 in New Port Richey. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The Lottery’s $20 Scratch-Off game, GOLD RUSH LIMITED, features 32 top prizes of $5 million and 100 prizes of $1 million! Additionally, this ticket is filled with over 33,000 prizes of $1,000 to $100,000!
Then on Thursday, Johnny Evans, 51, of Holiday, claimed a $1 million top prize from THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000 Scratch-Off game at the Lottery’s Tampa District Office. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $790,000.00.
Evans purchased his winning ticket from 7-Eleven H, located at 4547 Sunray Drive in Holiday. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $30 game, THE FASTEST ROAD TO $1,000,000, launched in February 2020 and features 155 top prizes of $1,000,000 and over $948 million in cash prizes! The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-2.79.
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.