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MONTICELLO WOMAN CLAIMS $50,000 TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery today announced that CROSSWORD Scratch-Off winner, Tammy Miller, 49, of Monticello, claimed her $50,000 top prize at the Florida Lottery Tallahassee District Office. Miller purchased her winning ticket from Winn-Dixie, located at 1245 S. Jefferson Street in Monticello. "I had my daughter with me, and at first we thought we won $1,000. When I realized it was the $50,000 top prize, I started hyperventilating," Miller said. The $3 Scratch-Off game, CROSSWORD launched on December 1, 2008. The game features more than $31 million in prizes and offers players the chance to win up to $50,000. The overall odds of winning are 1-in-4.14. Tickets can be purchased at any of the more than 13,000 Florida Lottery retail locations. Since 1988, the Florida Lottery has contributed more than $19 billion to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund, benefiting our students and schools, as well as funding more than one million Bright Futures scholarships. By a two-to-one margin, Florida voters in 1986 approved a constitutional amendment authorizing the state to operate a lottery for the purpose of generating significant additional moneys for education. # # # |
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