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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2020

CONTACT: FLORIDA LOTTERY COMMUNICATIONS

(850) 487-7727

SUNRISE MAN CLAIMS $500,000 TOP PRIZE
PLAYING THE CASH MONEY SCRATCH-OFF GAME

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery announces that Randall Wip, 35, of Sunrise, claimed a $500,000 top prize from the CASH MONEY Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He purchased his winning ticket from Mercado Miami, located at the Miami International Airport in Miami.

Wip purchased the ticket while traveling for a business trip, but forgot about it until he was home unpacking, "I found the ticket in my backpack a week later, scratched it, and realized I was a $500,000 winner!"

The $5 game, CASH MONEY, launched in May 2019, and features more than $58 million in total cash prizes, including eight top prizes of $500,000. The game's overall odds of winning are one-in-4.07.

Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery's portfolio of games, comprising approximately 69 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $965 million for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2018-19.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY

The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $36 billion to education and sending more than 840,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 98 percent of its revenue back into Florida's economy through prize payouts, commissions to more than 13,000 Florida retailers and contributions to education. Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $68 billion in prizes and made more than 2,800 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.

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