Press Release

TALLAHASSEE- Today, the Florida Lottery (Lottery) announces that Elizabeth Williams, 60,of Jacksonville, claimed a $1 million prize from the $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR Scratch-Off game at Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee on behalf of the Lucky Lotto Champs Facebook group. The group chose to receive the winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000.00.

The group, which consists of five Lottery players located across Florida, were on a Facebook Live video watching as Williams scratched the $1 million-winning ticket. "We're a close-knit group that enjoys putting our money together to play Scratch-Offs," said Williams. "When I scratched the ticket, I couldn't believe it. All I could say was 'O-M-G' over and over."

The winning ticket was purchased at Publix, located at 7749 Normandy Boulevard in Jacksonville. The retailer will receive a $2,000 bonus commission for selling the winning Scratch-Off ticket.

The new, $50 Scratch-Off game, $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR , launched in February and features two top prizes of $1 million a year for life and 234 prizes of $1 million! Additionally, this ticket is filled with more than $1.6 billion in cash prizes! The game's overall odds of winning are 1-in-4.50.

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 generated more than $17.69 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF).

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The Florida Lottery is responsible for contributing more than $43 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 $85.8 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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