• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Submit News
  • Contact Us

Capital Soup

Florida News Straight From the Source

  • Soup Du Jour
  • People
  • Government
  • Campaign
  • Business
  • Education
  • Insights
  • Video
You are here: Home / Archives for lottery

lottery

America’s Dueling Jackpots Rise to Nearly $700 Million

Posted on July 23, 2018

Current multi-state Jackpot series has generated more than 30 million to education

Players have a chance to win big this week as America’s dueling jackpots, MEGA MILLIONS® and POWERBALL®, have continued to climb, reaching a combined total of $659 million. On Monday morning, the MEGA MILLIONS jackpot rose to $512 million; the POWERBALL jackpot rolled to $147 million after Saturday night’s draw. [Read more…] about America’s Dueling Jackpots Rise to Nearly $700 Million

Filed Under: Soup Du Jour Tagged With: $700 Million POWERBALL® Jackpot, florida lottery, lottery, MEGA MILLIONS

JACKSONVILLE MAN CLAIMS $1 MILLION PRIZE IN THE $10,000,000 WORLD CLASS CASH SCRATCH-OFF GAME

Posted on April 20, 2017

TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Lottery announces that Duoc Nguyen, 33, of Jacksonville, claimed a $1 million prize in the $10,000,000 WORLD CLASS CASH Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $748,000.00.
Nguyen purchased his winning ticket from Gate Gas Station, located at 8251 Southside Boulevard in Jacksonville. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.
The new $25 game, $10,000,000 WORLD CLASS CASH, launched in February and features more than $549 million in total cash prizes, including two top prizes of $10 million and 46 prizes of $1 million! Overall odds of winning are one-in-2.89.
Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery’s portfolio of games, comprising approximately 65 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $734 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2015-16.

Filed Under: Soup Du Jour Tagged With: Jacksonville, lottery

Grand Prize Drawing Held Today in Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE

Posted on January 3, 2017

534 Prizes from $500 to $1 Million Were Won!

Holiday Millionaire RaffleThe Florida Lottery held the Grand Prize drawing for the Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE™ today . The one-million-dollar-winning ticket numbers, along with the location of where the tickets were purchased are listed below. In addition to the seven $1 million grand prizes, 527 other prizes ranging from $500 to $50,000 were awarded. All winning numbers are available on the Florida Lottery website at www.flalottery.com.
holiday-millionaire-raffle-results
In addition to today’s drawing, the Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE offered 2,500 $50 instant win prizes and five weekly drawings in which a total of ten $10,000 prizes, 250 $1,000 prizes, and 1,000 $500 prizes were won. With only 750,000 tickets available, the game offered the best odds of winning $1 million among all Lottery games currently on sale. For more information about Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE, visit flalottery.com.

Filed Under: Soup Du Jour Tagged With: Drawing, Florida, Grand Prize, Holiday, lottery, MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE

Primary Sidebar

    Submit News    

Florida Approaching 1 Million Seniors Vaccinated

Governor Ron DeSantis joined 100-year-old WWII veteran Henry Sayler as he received vaccine Governor Ron … [Read More...] about Florida Approaching 1 Million Seniors Vaccinated

Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Announces Eight Consecutive Months of Month-Over-Month Job Growth Lowering Unemployment to 6.1 Percent

From May to December, Florida has gained 748,100 private sector jobs The Florida Department of Economic … [Read More...] about Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Announces Eight Consecutive Months of Month-Over-Month Job Growth Lowering Unemployment to 6.1 Percent

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Advocates for COVID-19 Liability Protections for Healthcare Professionals

Florida Health Care Association, representing nearly 700 nursing homes and assisted living facilities across … [Read More...] about Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Advocates for COVID-19 Liability Protections for Healthcare Professionals

Keep in Touch

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Newsletter signup

Stay in the loop! Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to receive a brief recap of the week's most popular stories.

Footer

News

  • Soup Du Jour
  • People
  • Government
  • Campaign
  • Business
  • Education
  • Insights
  • Video

About Us 

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Submit News
  • Contact Us

Keep in Touch

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2021
Terms & Conditions

© Copyright 2021 Capital Soup · All Rights Reserved ·