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Bonita Springs woman claims $2 million top prize playing the $10 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC Scratch-Off game

Posted on February 26, 2019

The Florida Lottery announces that Nancy Schettino, of Bonita Springs, claimed a $2 million top prize in the new $10 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,405,000.00.

Nancy Schettino poses with a check after claiming a $2 million top prize in the $10 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters.

Schettino purchased her winning ticket from Winn-Dixie, located at 8951 Bonita Beach Road Southeast in Bonita Springs. The retailer will receive a $4,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $10 game, $2,000,000 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC, launched in January 2019 and offers more than $246.8 million in prizes, including ten top prizes of $2 million. The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-3.49.

Scratch-Offs are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, generating more than $871 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in FY 2017-18, and comprising approximately 69 percent of ticket sales.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY
The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $34 billion to education and sending more than 808,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 98 percent of its revenue back into Florida’s economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,000 Florida retailers and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $61.2 billion in prizes and made more than 2,000 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.

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