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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2023

TALLAHASSEE - Today, the Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Kimberly Grooms, 51, of Lakeland, claimed a $1 million top prize from the SEVEN FIGURES Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. She chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $695,000.00.

Grooms turned $5 into seven figures instantly when she purchased her winning ticket at Circle K, located at 3730 Airport Road in Lakeland. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The $10 SEVEN FIGURES Scratch-Off game features more than 5.8 million winning tickets, with a top prize of $1 million! This money-themed ticket offers more than $79.5 million in cash prizes. The game's overall odds of winning are 1-in-3.77.

Scratch-Off games are an important part of the Lottery's portfolio of games, comprising approximately 77 percent of ticket sales in fiscal year 2021-2022. Additionally, since inception, Scratch-Off games have awarded more than $57.1 billion in prizes, created 1,802 millionaires, and generated more than $17.77 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).

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 13,500 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 www.flalottery.com.