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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

CONTACT: FLORIDA LOTTERY COMMUNICATIONS
(850) 487-7727

JUPITER MAN WINS TOP PRIZE PLAYING
$2,000,000 FLAMINGO MULTIPLIER SCRATCH-OFF GAME

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery announces that Isaias Ruiz Garcia, 19, of Jupiter, claimed a top prize in the $2,000,000 FLAMINGO MULTIPLIER Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.

Ruiz Garcia chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,510,000.00. He purchased his winning ticket from Country Corner, located at 17443 Central Boulevard in Jupiter. The retailer will receive a $4,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $10 game, $2,000,000 FLAMINGO MULTIPLIER, offers more than $164 million in prizes and more than 6.3 million winning tickets. The game's overall odds of winning are one-in-3.46.

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.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY

The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $30 billion to education and sending more than 725,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 97 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 $52.4 billion in prizes and made more than 1,900 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.

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