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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2022

ORANGE COUNTY MAN PICKS $1 MILLION WINNER FROM
THE BILLION DOLLAR GOLD RUSH SUPREME SCRATCH-OFF GAME
~ Winter Garden Player Finds Money Blooming After Trip to WaWa! ~

TALLAHASSEE - Today, the Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Joshua Hudgins, 39, of Winter Garden, claimed a $1 million prize from the BILLION DOLLAR GOLD RUSH SUPREME Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $880,000.00.

Hudgins purchased his winning ticket from Wawa, located at 7940 West Irlo Bronson Highway in Kissimmee. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $30 BILLION DOLLAR GOLD RUSH SUPREME Scratch-Off game launched in February 2021 and features four top prizes of $15 million! The game also features 24 prizes of $1 million. The overall odds of winning are one-in-2.59.

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 $1.3 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2020-21.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY

The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $41 billion to enhance education and sending more than 917,000 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 $80.5 billion in prizes and made more than 3,500 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.

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