Holly Hill woman turns $5 into $500,000 playing GOLD RUSH DOUBLER Scratch-Off game

The Florida Lottery announces that Sharnasia Mclendon, 32, of Holly Hill, claimed a top prize in the $500,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. She purchased her winning ticket from Stop N Save Food & Beverage, located at 1096 Mason Avenue in Daytona Beach.
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.