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Jefferson County woman wins $1 million playing the GOLD RUSH LIMITED Scratch-Off game

Posted on February 16, 2022

The Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Brenda Larry, 66, of Monticello, claimed a $1 million prize from the GOLD RUSH LIMITED Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $795,000.00.

Larry purchased her winning ticket from Market Liquor, located at 1242 South Jefferson Street in Monticello. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

Brenda Larry (center) poses with her family and an oversized check after claiming a $1 million top prize from the GOLD RUSH LIMITED Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. Photo credit: Meredyth Hope Norrman

The Lottery’s $20 Scratch-Off game, GOLD RUSH LIMITED, features 32 top prizes of $5 million and 100 prizes of $1 million! Additionally, this ticket is filled with over 33,000 prizes of $1,000 to $100,000!

Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 75 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $1.3 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2020-21.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY
The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $41 billion to enhance education and sending more than 917,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 99 percent of its revenue back into Florida’s economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,000 Lottery retailers and transfers to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $80.5 billion in prizes and made more than 3,500 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.

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