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Monticello man claims $1 million top prize playing the $5 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC Scratch-Off game

Posted on April 19, 2019

The Florida Lottery announces that Carl Madison, 60, of Monticello, claimed a $1 million top prize in the $5 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time lump-sum payment of $705,000.00.

Carl Madison (blue shirt) poses with his family and oversized check after claiming a $1,000,000 top prize in the $5 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters.

Madison purchased his winning ticket from TLSE Petro 1, located at 1837 Capital Circle Southeast in Tallahassee. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $5 game, $1,000,000 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC launched in January and offers more than $200.5 million in prizes, including 32 top prizes of $1 million. The game’s overall odds of winning are one-in-3.97.

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 $35 billion to education and sending more than 808,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 97 percent of its revenue back into Florida’s economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,000 Florida retailers and contributions 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 flalottery.com.

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