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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WOMAN CLAIMS
$1 MILLION PLAYING MYSTERY MULTIPLIER SCRATCH-OFF
~ First MYSTERY MULTIPLIER Top Prize Win! ~

TALLAHASSEE--Today, the Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Karelia Martinez, 47, of Riverview, claimed a $1 million top prize from the MYSTERY MULTIPLIER Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $798,985.00.

Martinez purchased her winning ticket from Bell Shoals Citgo, located at 3501 Bell Shoals Road in Valrico. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $10 game, MYSTERY MULTIPLIER, launched in May 2022 and features more than $148.1 million in total cash prizes! In addition, this ticket features ten top prizes of $1 million and 20 second tier prizes of $100,000! The game's overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.31.

Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery's portfolio of games, comprising approximately 77 percent of ticket sales and generating more than $1.8 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) in fiscal year 2021-22.

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 $82.4 billion in prizes and made more than 3,500 people millionaires. For more information, please visit www.flalottery.com.

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