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The Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Ann Margaret Woodworth, 54, of Holbrook, Massachusetts, claimed a $5 million top prize from the $5,000,000 CASHWORD Scratch-Off game at the Lottery’s Fort Myers District Office. [Read more…] about Massachusetts woman wins $5 million top prize playing the $5,000,000 CASHWORD Scratch-Off game
The Florida Lottery today announces the 50 Florida semi-finalists from the POWERBALL First Millionaire of the Year® Promotion! Each winner will receive $1,000 and be entered into a national drawing where five finalists will be selected for a chance to become the POWERBALL First Millionaire of the Year®! The $1 million grand prize winner will be selected during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2022 live television broadcast on December 31, 2021. To view the list of semi-finalists, click here.
In addition to the chance to win $1 million, each national finalist will receive an at-home New Year’s Eve party package that includes $10,000 cash, a deluxe dinner for eight, a 70-inch LED TV, a karaoke system, a premium laptop computer, and $500 to spend at Party City. To learn more, click here.
The 50 Florida semi-finalists were randomly selected from all entries received into the POWERBALL First Millionaire of the Year Promotion between August 22 to September 27, 2021.
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ABOUT POWERBALL® IN FLORIDA
Since joining POWERBALL in 2009, the game has generated more than $2.3 billion in contributions to education statewide. Florida is among the top-selling POWERBALL states in the country, with more than 105 million winning tickets totaling more than $3.3 billion in prizes, including 16 jackpot winners. Florida was also one of the three states nationally to have a winner share in the world record-setting $1.586 billion POWERBALL jackpot in January 2016.
ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY
The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $40 billion to enhance education and sending more than 880,000 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 $77.6 billion in prizes and made more than 3,000 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.
The Florida Lottery today announces the return of three top-selling Fast Play™ games, on sale now! [Read more…] about Fall Into The Fast Lane With Three New Fast Play™ Games From The Florida Lottery
The Florida Lottery announces the winners from the sixth of eight drawings in the Gold Rush Supreme Bonus Play Promotion. [Read more…] about Winners Announced From The Sixth Gold Rush Supreme Bonus Play Promotion Drawing
The Florida Lottery (Lottery) today announces that the Division of Accounting was awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) for its 2019-20 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. [Read more…] about Florida Lottery Receives Financial Reporting Award For Fourth Consecutive Year
The Florida Lottery announces that EB Hudson, of Sanford, claimed the $7.75 million FLORIDA LOTTO® jackpot from the drawing held on September 8, 2021, at the Orlando District Office. [Read more…] about Seminole County Man Rakes In A $7.75 Million FLORIDA LOTTO® Jackpot Win This Fall
The Florida Lottery (Lottery) today introduces its newest $20 Scratch-Off game, GOLD RUSH LIMITED, offering more than $1 billion in cash prizes! [Read more…] about This Fall Is The Season Of Winning With New Scratch-Off Games From The Florida Lottery
A total of $904 million is up for grabs this week as America’s dueling jackpots, MEGA MILLIONS® and POWERBALL®, continue to climb! [Read more…] about America’s Dueling Jackpots Rise To A Combined $904 Million
The Florida Lottery announces today its latest transfer to the state’s Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) has brought its life-to-date education contributions to more than $40 billion over the past 33 years! [Read more…] about The Florida Lottery reaches major milestone in contributions to education
The Florida Lottery today announces that a FANTASY 5® top prize-winning ticket worth $89,175.06 remains unclaimed. [Read more…] about $89,000 FANTASY 5® ticket set to expire
