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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2022

PUTNAM COUNTY MAN CLAIMS $1 MILLION
PLAYING THE $20 MONOPOLY DOUBLER SCRATCH-OFF GAME
~ Melrose Man Passes Stop-N-Go, Collects $1 Million in Prizes ~

TALLAHASSEE - Today, the Florida Lottery announces that Joseph Turchiano, 36, of Melrose, claimed a $1 million prize from the $20 MONOPOLY DOUBLER Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters. He chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $798,985.00.

Turchiano shared with Lottery officials that he and his family were on their way to Wild Adventures in Valdosta when they made a pit stop. Turchiano purchased his winning ticket from Stop-N-Go, located at 2399 Baya Drive in Lake City. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $20 MONOPOLY DOUBLER Scratch-Off game launched on July 4 and features more than $493 million in cash prizes, including eight top prizes of $5 million! The game's overall odds of winning are one-in-3.02.

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 $42 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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