The Florida Lottery announces that Timothy Costen, 41, of Gainesville, claimed a top prize in the $500,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER Scratch-Off game at the Florida Lottery’s Gainesville District Office. He purchased his winning ticket from Maa & Paa Grocery Store, located at 6410 Southwest 8th Avenue in Gainesville.
The $5 Scratch-Off game, $500,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, launched in January, and features more than $182.8 million in prizes, including 44 top prizes of $500,000. The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-3.98.
Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 68 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $784 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2016-17.