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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2023

TWO CENTRAL FLORIDA PLAYERS EACH TAKE HOME MEGA WINNINGS
FROM THE MEGA MILLIONS® DRAW GAME

TALLAHASSEE - Today, the Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Nikolai Whiters, 49, of Altamonte Springs, and Matthew Tarter, 34, of Bradenton, each claimed a second-tier prize playing the MEGA MILLIONS® Draw game. Each player's winning ticket matched all five of the white ball numbers but did not match the Mega Ball number.

Whiters purchased his $3 million winning MEGA MILLIONS with Megaplier® Quick Pick ticket for the January 10, 2023, drawing at Circle K, located at 320 West State Road 434 in Winter Springs. The retailer will receive a $5,000 bonus commission for selling the winning MEGA MILLIONS with Megaplier ticket.

Tarter purchased his $1 million winning MEGA MILLIONS Quick Pick ticket for the December 27, 2022, drawing at Publix, located at 4651 Cortez Road West in Bradenton. The retailer will receive a $1,000 bonus commission for selling the winning MEGA MILLIONS ticket.

Since joining MEGA MILLIONS in 2013, the game has generated more than $1 billion for education and has awarded more than $1 billion in prizes. The next MEGA MILLIONS drawing will be held Friday, May 12, at 11:00 p.m. ET with an estimated $99 million jackpot.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY

The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $44 billion to enhance education and sending more than 950,000 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 $87.5 billion in prizes and made more than 3,500 people millionaires. For more information, please visit, please visit www.flalottery.com.

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