Top prize claimed in MONOPOLY $5,000,000 FLORIDA EDITION Scratch-Off game

The Florida Lottery announces that Jeffrey Puleski, 54, trustee of “The Puleski Family Trust Made June 20, 2017,” of North Fort Myers, claimed a top prize in the MONOPOLY^™ $5,000,000 FLORIDA EDITION Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
The Puleski Family Trust Made June 20, 2017, chose to receive the winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $3.84 million. The winning ticket was purchased from Publix, located at 6700 Bayshore Road in North Fort Myers. The retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The $20 Scratch-Off game, MONOPOLY $5,000,000 FLORIDA EDITION, launched in July 2016, and features more than $346 million in prizes, including six top prizes of $5,000,000 and 20 prizes of $1 million! The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-2.97.
Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 65 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $734 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2015-16.