The Florida Lottery announces that Ileana Castillo, 54, of Miami; and Jennifer Osburn, 46, of Lakeland, each claimed a top prize in the $500,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
Castillo purchased her winning ticket from Publix, located at 9105 South Dadeland Boulevard in Miami. Osburn purchased her winning ticket from Publix, located at 2515 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland.
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.