The Florida Lottery announces that Brenda Saballos, 48, of Homestead, claimed a $2 million top prize from the $2,000,000 CASHWORD Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,475,000.00.
Saballos purchased her winning ticket from Publix, located at 2950 Northeast 8th Street in Homestead. The retailer will receive a $4,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
Brenda Saballos poses with her oversized check after claiming a $2 million top prize
from the $2,000,000 CASHWORD Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters.
The $10 Scratch-Off game, $2,000,000 CASHWORD, launched in August 2017 and features six top prizes of $2 million and over 6,000 prizes between $1,000 to $2 million. The overall odds of winning are one-in-3.38.
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.
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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 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 $65 billion in prizes and made more than 2,500 people millionaires. For more information, please visit flalottery.com.
