The Florida Lottery today is excited to announce that Laveral King, 46, of Winter Haven, is one of five national finalists in the running to become the POWERBALL® First Millionaire of the YearSM! King was selected out of more than 480 semi-finalists from around the country.
In addition to the chance to win the $1 million grand prize, King and the four other finalists will also receive a New Year’s Eve at-home party prize package to help them ring in the new year. The New Year’s Eve at-home party prize package includes a $12,500 cash prize, deluxe surf-and-turf dinner, 70-inch LED TV, karaoke system, $500 gift certificate to Party City, and much more! The $1 million POWERBALL First Millionaire of the Year grand prize winner will be announced just after midnight during the live television broadcast of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021.
The four other finalists moving on to the New Year’s drawing are Steven Everage from Seymour, IN, Sara Bosh from Aliquippa, PA, Shawn Cantrell from Lincoln, NE, and Carlos Mabry from Washington, D.C.
Fifty Florida semi-finalists were selected and entered for the chance to become one of the five national finalists in the POWERBALL First Millionaire of the Year Promotion by emailing a photo of themselves holding a Florida POWERBALL ticket from October 12-16, 2020.
ABOUT DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS
dick clark productions (dcp) is the world’s largest producer and proprietor of televised live event entertainment programming with the “Academy of Country Music Awards,” “American Music Awards,” “Billboard Music Awards,” “Golden Globe Awards,” “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” and the “Streamy Awards.” Weekly television programming includes “So You Think You Can Dance” from 19 Entertainment and dcp. dcp also owns one of the world’s most extensive and unique entertainment archive libraries with more than 60 years of award-winning shows, historic programs, specials, performances and legendary programming. dcp is part of MRC Live & Alternative, a division of diversified global entertainment company MRC. For additional information, visit www.mrcentertainment.com.
ABOUT POWERBALL
It’s America’s Game! Since its first drawing in 1992, POWERBALL® has inspired the country with a chance to become a millionaire, while raising $25 billion for good causes supported by lotteries. POWERBALL set a world record jackpot of $1.586 billion in January 2016. The record prize was shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee. POWERBALL tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET. More than half of all proceeds from the sale of a POWERBALL ticket remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold. For more information, visit www.powerball.com.
ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY
The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $38 billion to enhance education and sending more than 880,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests nearly 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 $72.5 billion in prizes and made nearly 3,000 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.
