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WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 2021

CONTACT: FLORIDA LOTTERY COMMUNICATIONS

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BROWARD COUNTY MAN CLAIMS FIRST TOP PRIZE PLAYING
THE $5,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE SCRATCH-OFF GAME

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery announces that Howard Tenen, 70, of Plantation, claimed the first top prize from the $5,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE Scratch-Off game at the Miami District Office. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $4,660,000.00.

Tenen purchased his winning ticket from Publix, located at 225 South Flamingo Road in Plantation. The retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

Players have a chance to win more than $165.6 million in total cash prizes with the new $5,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE Scratch-Off game! For only $10, this ticket offers four top prizes of $5,000 a week for life and the overall odds of winning are one-in-3.35.

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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