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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021

CONTACT: FLORIDA LOTTERY COMMUNICATIONS

(850) 487-7727

communications@flalottery.com

DAYTONA BEACH FATHER SPLITS $2 MILLION WIN WITH HIS SON

~ Player Wins Top Prize From the $10 GOLD RUSH SUPREME Scratch-Off Game! ~

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery announces that Victor Chiovera, of Daytona Beach, claimed a $2 million top prize from the $10 GOLD RUSH SUPREME Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,760,000.00.

"I never thought I'd have such luck playing GOLD RUSH for the first time," Chiovera told the Florida Lottery. When asked what he plans to do with his winnings, Chiovera said he wants to share his good fortune with his son.

Chiovera purchased his winning ticket from Wawa, located at 120 South Ridgewood Avenue in Daytona Beach. The retailer will receive a $4,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $10 GOLD RUSH SUPREME game features more than $244 million in cash prizes, including eight top prizes of $2 million! The game's overall odds of winning are one-in-3.49.

Players can also enter non-winning GOLD RUSH SUPREME tickets into the Gold Rush Supreme Bonus Play Promotion! In each of the eight drawings, one player will win a growing jackpot prize starting at $10,000, five players will each win $5,000, 15 players will each win $1,000, and 20 players will each win $500. For more information, visit www.flalottery.com.

Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery's portfolio of games, comprising approximately 75 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $1 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2019-20.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY

The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $39 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 $75.6 billion in prizes and made more than 3,000 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.

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